"Meena!" Candy raced up to Meena at school one day. She needed to tell her
something really important. Lowering her voice, she said, "I think my crush on
Cory has returned. But I need your help to make sure he doesn't cheat on me
again."

Meena sighed. "That's Cory for you. Why don't you just talk to him directly?"
she said, after thinking a moment.

"Well, sure, if you think that's the way to go," Candy said doubtfully.

Meena smiled. "Just trust me. It'll work out fine.

Candy took a deep breath and walked up to Cory. She said, "Cory, I know we've
had our fights before, but I've never dropped my crush on you completely!"
Cory stared at her. Candy twirled her hair shyly. "Will you give me a second
chance? Please?"

Cory propped his elbow on the table and rested his chin on his palm. Candy
was so sweet, but she was just so weird! He tried to convince her not to like
him. "So you still want to go out with me, even though I lied to you and
humiliated you?" he insisted.

Candy nodded. "Yes, I still like you. You did the two things you said you
would never do, just for me!" They were pretty much having the same
conversation they did four months ago.

"Candy, look. I don't like you, and that's that. It's the truth, and the
truth can't be changed," He said boldly. Candy walked away, sniffling.

She stormed over to Meena. "What happened? You promised he would say yes!"
Candy was very angry with Meena for completely humiliating her.

Or did she? As Candy was telling Meena off, Cory suddenly remembered the
conversation he had with her four months before, how the reason she was so
perky was that she admired her great leaders so much, and she wanted to be
just like them. Cory had to admit: as weird as Candy was, everyone always had
a good reason for the way they acted. He called her back over.

"Yeah?" Candy said, her face tear-stained.

"I'll give you a second chance. I just hate seeing you like that."

As Cory and Candy walked off, hand in hand, Meena winked. She did know
Cory-well enough to know that he let his conscience get to him pretty easily.

Written by MewtIsLove