Here I was, standing on the side of an empty, trashed road with no one to blame but myself. I could’ve stayed at the party with my friends, but I had to act independent and walk out like a clown. But what did I expect? My ex-boyfriend was bothering me and trying to take me back after his mistake from three years ago, and now he has the audacity to say that things have changed since the breakup? I ...

“Where else do you think I found it?” *I questioned with visible irritation at their naive response.* “You better be lucking that my mother even bothered to offer you these stupid shoes for your lazy girlfriend.”...