QUOTE : Every day since TUB (The Ultimate Betrayal) had been a disaster. He had English with Anika, who never failed to shoot him a forced smile. Then chemistry with Mason, where they were lab partners. Gael refused to talk to either of them. In the past week, he’d barely exchanged words with anyone.<br /><br />Things were even awkward with Danny. Even though he was Gael’s best friend besides Mason, the dude was gaga for Jenna, and Jenna had long been Anika’s BFF. As such, this had become the unspoken rule among them: Jenna was Team Anika, Danny was Team Jenna, and by the transitive property, Danny couldn’t be on Gael’s side.<br /><br />Gael hadn’t ever thought to make friends outside of their little group. He hadn’t hedged his bets, if you will.<br /><br />He’d put all his eggs in one basket.<br /><br />And those eggs had decided to hook up with each other behind his back.