'What are you talking about? I didn't say anything like that. Who told you that?'

'Still not admitting? Your best friend from the second cla.s.s spread the rumor and he said that you told him that!'

'I did not! He is lying! I never said anything bad about you.'

'Then how can you explain about the rumor, other than you no one would simply said that and would even feel that I was close to the boys.'

'I swear that I didn't say that. All I did was told Xiao Chen that I was jealous because you didn't talk to me but you talk to everyone else...'

'Wao, let me give you a big 'like', good job John for ruining my reputation.'

'What do you mean! I really did say anything bad about you... Wait don't tell me that Xiao Chen created that rumor base on my complains...'

'Yup, you are right. You gave him the chance to be an author and created a stupid story about me.'

'I'm sorry Teresa... I didn't do it on purpose, I didn't think that he would do such a thing...'

'What do you mean by you didn't think he would do such a thing? Everyone in school knows that he is a busy body and he likes to simply say things without thinking. Why would you, especially you tell him those things? Didn't you think about the consequences?'

'I really didn't know... I'm sorry okay... Please don't be mad at me. I promise I wouldn't do anything stupid like that again.'

'Again? No no no, there's no again. Please stop bothering me! I want to protect our friends.h.i.+p but you keep ruining it. What's wrong with you. Don't you want to be friends? Please stop letting me dislike you anymore... This is the last warning so please please please don't spoil what me have don't destroy all of our good memories... Please John I beg you.'

'.....' John was speechless. At this moment he hated himself for causing trouble again fot Teresa. All he wanted was Teresa to love him back but all he got back was dislike. He wanted to hit himself hard he wanted to say sorry but he couldn't...

Teresa on the other hand knew that it was not John's fault but still he was the one who gave Xiao Chen the idea, so all she could was talk to John and tell him about the rumor and warn hin not to not believe Xiao Chen but who knew that Teresa was so angry until she talked too harsh to John. At this time she felt a bit guilty.

...

At night, Teresa's parents told her that her fourth brother is coming back on the next week while her third brother is coming back two weeks later. When Teresa heard this she was so happy and couldn't stop bragging about her brothers to her friends.