Fantasyland

Brooke hated that Tara had called out her ex-boyfriend in front of his friends. Because Brooke was the senior boy’s secret. And especially because, Brooke tried to explain, he had used her. Gotten bored and forgotten her. Or pretended to. So when Tara rose to his bait, the pathetic−but over−situation only got sorrier. “Figure it out, Tara; now everybody knows.” [Click here to read the first episode, or here to read the previous one.] Tara apologized and begged for details, which Brooke was anxious to unload. So Tara had crawled beside Brooke on the floor, the TV casting its blue...