As Bebe was walking home from class, she heard someone running. She turned her head to see Nono.

"Hey, I told you to wait!" Nono cried.

"Well, I didn't hear you..." Bebe grumbled.

"It's so warm out for the fall, isn't it?" Nono grinned.

"What's with you? Why are you in such a good mood today?" Bebe questioned, raising an eyebrow.

"I don't know; I guess because it's just so peaceful here..." Nono smiled sheepishly.

"Anyway," she began.

"I wanted to talk to you about-"

"Whatever it is, I don't have time." Bebe huffed.

"Well, if you let me talk,"

"I don't want to hear it..." Bebe warned.

"Bebe-"

"Listen!" Bebe cried, startling Nono.

"We're almost in high school now, and it's time for a change..." She narrowed her eyes.

"I..." She looked down steadily.

"I don't want to be a loser anymore...!" She cried.

Nono's eyes widened. She opened her mouth then quickly shut it.

"Don't you get it, Nono?!" Bebe shrieked.

"When we're together, people give us the strangest of looks, and I'm really sick and tired of it!"

"Do me a favor and just leave me alone already, freak!" She screamed.

Before Nono could retaliate, Bebe quickly ran off.

*

Nono stood there for a few minutes, stunned into silence.

Despite doing her best not to cry, tears began to trickle down her cheeks, splattering onto the ground. She then began to break out into full-on sobs that echoed throughout the trail.

*

As Bebe got home, she stormed up the stairs.

"Bebe sweetheart, what's the matter?" Her mother called out.

"Leave me alone!" She cried, slamming her bedroom door shut.

"Ah, puberty..." Her dad chuckled.

*

Sitting on her bed, Bebe grabbed a picture frame from her nightstand. In the picture were her and Nono as little kids, smiling with their arms wrapped around each other.

"Tch," Bebe scoffed, tossing the picture frame onto the rug.

As she rolled over on her bed, her eyes began to water.

"Why am I even crying over this?!" She growled, sniffling.

"It's better this way..." Bebe reassured herself, closing her eyes.