Whispers Turned Against Me

Your best friend isn't always your friend. Sometimes she's watching you the

closest. My name's Rhea, and I trusted her with everything, the kind of trust

you don't even think twice about. My crush, my insecurities, the things I never

said out loud to anyone else, I told her in whispers. She remembered every word.

So imagine my shock when I stopped outside a classroom and heard her laughing. "She thinks she's

better than us." My name didn't need to be said. She was smiling, relaxed,

laughing with people who never liked me in the first place. And suddenly everything

made sense. I didn't confront her. I didn't fight. I just stopped telling