Texting your best friend in the school parking lot before...

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1. Sam, did you just post that screenshot?
2. Which screenshot?
3. The TikTok of our secret chat ranking who they'd date.
4. Oh—shit, that one? I didn't post it.
5. Then why is your reaction circled next to Jake's name?
6. I reacted, not posted; maybe someone screenshotted it.
7. It blew up and Jake DM'd me 'we need to talk'.
8. What did he say?
9. He sent the same screenshot with your circle and wrote 'proof'.
10. I never circled anything; I sent that to one person.
11. To who? Because it's on viral TikTok now.
12. I sent it to Lexi to roast later, I swear.
13. You sent my private chat to Lexi?
14. I thought she'd keep it private; she promised anonymity.
15. Anonymity doesn't exist when it's a TikTok account.
16. I know, I know, I'm sorry, I panicked.
17. Sorry for what? Making me look like a joke?
18. I was trying to protect you from Jake's dumb game.
19. Protect me by voting me 'not' and sharing the chat?
20. He was betting on who'd actually date him; I didn't want that.
21. So you lied to me and helped him weaponize my feelings?
22. I never helped him; I thought exposing the joke would stop it.
23. It didn't stop it—he used it to message me tonight.
24. I'll make Lexi delete it; I'm begging you, don't walk away.