After our family dinner, I find myself storming directly into Ethan's room. It's been an entire week now of him ignoring me and frankly, I'm tired of it. He wouldn't even ask me to pass the peas. Instead he pointed to them and had my dad do it, which was childish and ridiculous.

"What the hell?" Ethan sneers. "Knock much?"

"I don't care about knocking." I say matter of factly. "This is ridiculous, Ethan. You haven't spoken to either of us since you've found out. When are you going to get over it?"

I try to ignore the heaps of clothing around his room, random water bottles and plates on the bedside table and the carpet. It looks like a shit hole in here.

"I'm never going to get over it!" He yells. "When are you both going to get that?"

I storm up to his bed that he's laying on and smack the gaming controller out of his hand. I'm so mad I can't even see straight. "How the hell is this any different from you dating Maya? This is exactly the same thing!"

The tips of his ears turn red now, and his fists are clenched at his sides when he stands up, completely towering over me.

"This isn't some fucking friend of mine from the football team." He sneers, pointing his finger directly into my chest. "You met Maya in an art class back in middle school. This is someone you probably won't even be friends with when you get to college. The guy you chose to fuck has been my best friend since diapers. Our parents are best friends. He's my brother, and he was basically yours too! Which is god damn disgusting!"

"I don't get why you can't just be happy for us!" I shout back. "Why? Why are you so-"

"Because he's going to hurt you!" He's screaming now, and I'm surprised our parents haven't come up here to see what's going on. "You don't get it." He lowers his voice and lets out a scoff. "Cameron isn't the relationship type, Maddie. He's not. As much as he's telling you that, he's lying. I've known him for years. I joked around about the mystery girl because yeah, I was surprised he was messing around with someone for longer than a week, but I didn't think it was serious because he doesn't do serious things."

He lets out another sigh and stares down at his feet.

"Cam is going to go off to college, and do you honestly think he's not going to find someone else? Do you really think this will last between you guys?"

I gulp when I think about Cam and Sadie's conversation, my throat suddenly going dry.

"This is so much more than you guys. If you get more serious and for some reason Cam actually decides you're the one and you break up, our friendship will be over. I won't be able to see him anymore because it'll be awkward as fuck. That is what you're not understanding, Maddie."

Tears prick the backs of my eyes, and it's hard not to let them fall.

"I'm not doing this to be a dick. I'm doing this because I care about you both and can see where this is heading. We're going our separate ways in under a year, and while Maya and I decided on community college here, Cam is going to get a scholarship somewhere, and what's your plan then? Follow him around? Throw your dreams away to chase him? Or vice versa? Make him give up his dreams for you?"

I'm full on crying now because a part of me knows that he's right. If he gets a scholarship to Penn State I don't know how the hell we'll be able to make it work. I don't know if I'd be able to trust him. We've only been dating for a month.

Ethan heaves out a sigh and grabs onto my wrists. "I didn't mean to make you cry, I just..."

I expected to come in here and change his mind, but I didn't expect him to change mine. As much as I hate to admit it, my brother is right.

We just started dating when he's about to go off to college somewhere. I don't even know what it is I want to do with my life yet, let alone which college I'll be choosing. If I stay with Cameron I know I'll move wherever he is. I'll follow him.

It just seems so unfair. We finally found each other and just like that, he's going to leave. He will forget about me, and I don't know if I'll be able to handle that. I love him so much, but isn't that what all first loves are like? Your first love is never the one you end up with. Well, maybe in some cases, but for the most part it never lasts.

Cam needs to focus on achieving his dreams, just like I'm trying to achieve mine.

My phone suddenly starts to ring, and when I look down at the caller ID I feel my heart stop completely.

It's Coach Carter.

"Excuse me." I wipe away tears and leave Ethan in his room.

This is the phone call that will change everything.

The phone call that will completely determine our fate.