Fiona I had never felt more humiliated and stupid in my entire life. I was hurt and angry at Brittany, but I was more frustrated with myself for not even seeing it coming. I should have known because people don't change in a twinkle of an eye the way Brittany did, but I wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt, and in doing so, I got so engrossed in the joy of having friends that I forgot about reality for a while. I wasn't able to hold back my tears that much, so they just came out as sniffles. I knew Ethan could hear me, but there wasn't much I could do. He had helped me at a critical point, and I was grateful to him. If he hadn't at least cared about me enough, I would have still been in the pool, or I would have had to face the shame alone. The fact that he didn't care abou