I woke with the sun in my face. I sat there for a moment and then got up. I walked over to Piper's bunk and shook her awake.
"Hey Piper? Can we talk? Outside the cabin." I asked her.
"Yeah, sure. Just give me a minute to get up," she said with a sleepy voice.
Still in my pajamas I slipped on some warm boots and went outside. Piper joined me shortly. "You know how I asked you if I ever needed advice, to come to you?" I asked.
"Yeah, I remember. Why?" She replied.
"Well, I need it now."
"What do you need to talk about?"
"Something has been bothering me lately and I think that it will help to tell you."
"What?"
"I haven't told anyone else this so promise not to tell."
"I promise. Now what is it?"
"My old boyfriend. I'm feeling really conflicted because I might like a guy but I swore that after Benjamin I wouldn't ever like someone again."
"What happened that made you swear that?"
"I was heart broken, that's what. So Benjamin and I had been dating for about three weeks. We had planned to see a movie one day, but when I got there he was with another girl. The girl just happened to be my best friend. I was really hurt because I trusted him. He told me that I was special and he had never liked anyone as much as he liked me.
"I was stupid and fell for it. He was good looking and a LOT of girls liked him. I found out later that he had been dating her for at least a week. I broke it off and swore never to like anyone again, after changing schools. I couldn't stand to see either of them anymore." It felt so good to tell her but I felt guilty for dumping all of this on her right now, when she was still trying to deal with her Jason problem.
"I'm sorry Jessie. That must have been hard, but the important thing is that you're alright now. Let's go back inside. I'm freezing." She said walking back in. After standing outside for a bit longer, I followed her in.