The Fall of a Golden Boy — Episode 7

between our families tonight okay i lied i hadn't told my parents it was my last day at this campus My aunt said my room was ready. I'd explain everything once I was settled. When I got to campus, everything felt the same,

except the glances in the hallway held more mockery. Yo, scoreboard girls here. No tape today? Heard Tristan went to her place this weekend and she blew him off.

I walked expressionlessly to my locker, let them talk. It was my last day here anyway. Tristan was already waiting, leaning against my locker. Still mad?

I ignored him and opened my locker. I emptied everything inside. Textbooks, notes, photos, a small mirror, highlighters, erasers, everything. He frowned. Joan, enough already. I said I'm sorry. What more do you want? Everyone was just having Chris got half his eyebrows shaved off last week and he didn't act like this. I still didn't speak. I kept packing things into my cardboard box. Just then, Sloan walked over.

Morning, Tristan. Joan, you doing okay? Yeah. Want to go to Target after campus? I need new dorm decor. Sure.

Then he remembered I was there. Uh, Joan, you wanna come too? No thanks. See?

She doesn't want to anyway. Nice of him to call it kindness. I almost laughed out loud. Tristan always fell to the surface.

He ate up Sloane's whole act. He loved how self-centered she was.