Max didn't give up.

Before going to bed, Max asked again: "To be honest, I'm telling the truth, really, really, really, Peter Holland Park really doesn't like Nancy?"

This time, Chili Pepper and I were looking at Caroline.

Caroline raised her hands, looked like she was surrendering, and admitted, "Alright, I'll confess.

The first two years I knew Andrew, I was deeply in love with him. "

Since Max has known Andrew for a year and a half, it was natural for Max to swear.

"I knew it!

How could he not be your type even once! "Max scolded while accusing Caroline," You're not honest!

You violated the rules of best friends, even if I don't admit you're my best friend!

That's too much, how could you not tell me such a big joke? "

Caroline rolled her eyes in a circle.

"That's why I didn't want to tell you.

But I introduced Mark to Xiaonan today, so … "

"Wait, wait wait wait wait wait." Max suddenly raised her voice, "You and Nancy were rivals in love?!

Hahahahaha! "

Max pointed at Caroline and me.

I was expressionless, I really wanted Max to die from laughter.

"It's funny, right?

I have something even funnier. "Caroline continued with a look of desperation.

She was obviously prepared to let me and her secret go to Max tonight.

"I pursued Andrew since the first year of high school, it was fine if he was indifferent, but during the prom in the third year of high school, he invited Xiaonan!

I was so mad at the time.

But what could I do?

I couldn't beat Nancy. "

"And then you admitted defeat just like that," I continued in a daze.

"That's right, I admitted defeat at my high school prom."

Caroline said, wiping the hair on her forehead, "Then I quickly dated Mark Zuckerberg, who was in the eighth or seventh grade at the time …"

"And now you're introducing Zuckerberg to Nancy??!" Chili Pepper raised her voice.

I didn't feel anything in my heart, I even wanted to laugh.

It was pretty funny.

Look at them jumping around like dogs.

Even if I was involved.

One of them.

Caroline was righteous, innocent, and aggrieved. She didn't think that she had done anything wrong.

"At least after I dated Zuckerberg, I was cold to men for half a year, it completely extinguished my passion for Andrew, and cured me of my heartbroken syndrome.

This is too useful, I can't not recommend it to Xiaonan.

I hope it can help her get out of the Parker -type. "

Thus, Little Chili Pepper silently looked at me, using her eyes to ask if this strong medicine would work.

I looked back silently, but begged Chili Pepper to understand from my desperate expression that the medicine didn't work at all.

"You should know," Caroline explained to Max, "There are some men, they're good, they make you like them a lot."

"You mean central air conditioning." Max's expression was exaggerated.

"Why do you have to make me sound so pitiful?" I couldn't help but ask.

Then Max summed up tonight.

"No, you're not fucking pitiful, Nancy.

Zuckerberg is the pitiful one!

I finally understand why he was angry enough to do Facemash.

It's all your fault. "

… That makes sense.

There's something Caroline doesn't know, and neither does Peter.

It's a little secret between me and Andrew.

I confessed to Andrew.

That's why he took me to the prom.

Actually, I also confessed to Toby.

But obviously, no one would take a seven-year-old girl's confession seriously, especially when the confession was, "Toby, you're so handsome, we have to get married and have better looking kids."

It sounded more like, "Toby!

Play the marriage game with me! "or something like that.

Well, for the second time, the sixteen-year-old me learned my lesson and didn't say anything weird during the confession.

It was on a normal afternoon, during a normal reading session for two, that I asked Andrew to take me to his prom.

"What?

Why? "Andrew asked me back with a smile.

As if he didn't know.

"Maybe because I want you to hold my hand for a few dances, buy me some alcoholic drinks you like that I haven't tried before, then drive me home, close the door to your room, and kiss me in your bed." I answered him calmly. "Don't ask nonsense.

I like you.

I'm serious. "

Andrew gave me a look of surprise that I've never seen before. It was so cute that it was almost ridiculous.

He couldn't wait to pull me into his arms and kiss me.

It sounded like this story was going to have a happy ending.

Let me tell you what happened next.

At first, everything was fine. I stayed in Andrew's room for the whole afternoon, and no one cared about my homework.

Andrew couldn't stop kissing me, and I couldn't stop kissing him.

We talked about the future, about how he wanted to go to Harvard, but Empire State University was also good, and I promised that no matter which university he chose, I would make the same choice.

"You don't have to change your ambition for me, Nan." Andrew lay down next to me and kissed my cheek.

"No matter what your decision is, I will love you."

I didn't hold back.

"Liar.

You're not a person who can fall in love from a distance.

You hate long distances. "

Andrew laughed.

When he laughed, his head would tilt back, revealing his slender neck.

Other than a swan or a deer, I couldn't think of any common and specific description.

Every time I saw him like this, I wanted to go up and kiss his Adam's apple.

"You know me too well, my sweetheart."

Andrew gazed at me lovingly. He turned sideways and supported his cheek with his right hand, while his other hand pinched and stroked my cheek.

"But this is you, it's you.

I think we can have more confidence in each other. "

"Okay." I was too lazy to argue. "It's all up to you."

That day, I almost spent the night in Andrew's room.

It didn't matter if I went home or not.

But I've never spent the night alone in Parker's room.

If I had to spend the night at Parker's house, there were only a few possibilities: Everyone would sleep in Toby's room together, everyone would sleep in Andrew's room together, or everyone would sleep in Peter's room together.

Incidentally, I would sleep on the bed and they would sleep on the floor.

And, no, I wouldn't sleep with Aunt Mei. There would be Uncle Ban at that time.

Andrew and I were too careless.

We didn't realize what this meant to others.

When I sneaked out of Andrew's room to look for food, I saw Toby sitting in the middle of the living room.

He stared at me.

Without taking off his uniform.

… Who are you trying to scare?!

Toby stared at me for a few seconds.

I was caught between a rock and a hard place because of his stare.

After a long time, I squeezed out a sentence.

"… Where's Peter?" I wanted to find a cushion to buffer the atmosphere.

Slowly, slowly, Toby stood up.

"He went to bed early," Toby said as he walked back to his room.

I didn't forget to look back as I passed by and added, "He went to bed especially early today. Do you know why?"

… How would I know?

I'm not your third son with a hole in his head!

I almost went back to Toby like this.

Almost.

The awkward atmosphere reached its peak the night Andrew took me to the prom.

I personally didn't think it was much.

It was just that Peter was going to bed earlier and earlier?

Toby was always looking at me and making me feel cold?

But that wasn't enough to make me back out.

But Andrew didn't think that way.

I knew something was wrong as soon as I saw his face.

As for what happened, I knew in my heart.

We didn't dance much that night.

Andrew kept hugging my waist as if he was afraid I would disappear.

I felt sorry for him, but I felt even more sorry for myself.

Damn it, I knew it wouldn't be so easy.

After the prom, on the way home, Andrew and I broke up.

"Okay.

I don't have any objections. What can I say?

The worst thing would be a breakup. "I stared out the car window and made an opening remark.

Andrew knocked on the steering wheel with his forehead.

Quite forcefully.

I wasn't happy to see it. I put my hand between his forehead and the steering wheel.

"Speak properly. Why are you knocking on the forehead?

Doesn't it hurt? "I glared at Andrew angrily.

When Andrew looked up, my heart softened again.

His eyes were red.

Fragile red.

"The problem is that I don't want to break up." Andrew clenched his teeth. "Why?

Why? "

I stared at Andrew blankly.

"I'm asking you.

I want to know too. "

Andrew fell back and slumped in the driver's seat.

He stopped the car in the middle of the road.

Right in the middle of the road.

"It's hard to explain." Andrew covered his face with his hands.

He covered his face, and his nasal voice made his voice sound even softer and sweeter.

"It's like, you have to be a third class. Do you understand?

Neither of us can take more. It's too unfair to the other two because everyone wants the whole thing … But there's only one of you. "

I was conflicted and angry when I heard that. But after thinking about it, I suddenly felt that something was wrong.