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I took a deep breath and knocked on Matt’s door. I’d given him some time to not be too upset, so maybe he’d at least talk to me. When he opened the door he didn’t look so good.

“Hi, Lexi.” He sounded depressed, but not quite angry.

“I’m sorry.” I said as honestly sincere as I could.

“I don’t understand. Why would you do that? I thought you were getting to be friends.”

That made me feel unbelievably guilty, “”I said it a long time ago. Before I knew her…”

His eyes still looked angry “Why would you say it at all? She does have a heart. I guess you just never struck me as that mean”

“It was because of you!” I shouted.

He looked surprised “What?”

“I really liked you. I was just jealously venting when I said all that. It was a mistake.” I hadn’t meant to say all that, but I did.

“Oh. Lex…”

“I really do feel bad.”

He nodded “Alright.”

“Did Sarah leave?”

He nodded solemnly “Yeah.”

“You should try to get her to stay.” I encouraged.

“I know.” He said quietly. “But maybe she’ll change her mind or something.”

I didn’t know what else to do, so I hugged him and left.