1. Never trust a boy with a big smile and sad eyes.
2. If he lies about his taste in music to match yours, do no think it is cute. It’s not.
3. When he says he wants to help, know he expects something in return.
4. If you know for a fact he has cheated before and he lies about it, do not trust him with your heart for even a second.
5. Do not cut class to go to the park with him on a Friday afternoon it is forecasted to rain.
6. Brining your polaroid camera is a bad idea as well.
7. So is letting him push you on the swing.
8. Do not let him hold his jacket over you when it starts to rain and you run to his car.
9. Do not take polaroids of each other either.
10. Do not let him take the picture of you with wet hair and smeared mascara and put it in his wallet no matter how much he says he likes it.
11. Do not let him scrounge his way into your rib cage even for a second.
12. Never burn your favorite songs onto a mixed tape for him. He will kiss you while listening to every track and after he has left you, you will not be able to listen to any of the songs without tasting his bitterness on your lips.
13. When he doesn’t call to tell you he can’t help you with your art project like he promised, do not forgive him immediately.
14. If someone tells you he was out with the curly haired girl who laughs too much, believe them.
15. If you are angry tell him why. Do not let burrow deep down inside of you because it will eat you up until you are nothing but hollow.
16. When you work up the courage to tell him you are upset and he cannot understand why, leave him.
17. Ignore his text messages too.
18. Do not go to that party you know he will be at, even if you think you are okay. You’re not. You will see him drink too much alcohol and go to a back room the blonde girl from your English class and you cry in the bathroom when one of your mixed tape songs comes on.
19. Never look back at pictures you two took and smile because those people no longer exist.
20. When he calls you very drunk on New Years, don’t pick up.
21. Don’t pick up on valentine’s day either.
22. If when you two finally talk, he blames you for his actions, never talk to him again.
23. Eat ice cream and watch comedy shows.
24. Cry.
25. Get out of bed and put on your favorite dress. Tease your hair, put on red lips stick and way too much eyeliner. Dance around your room to The Beatles.
26. Do not be upset when you learn he tore up your polaroid picture. Be upset because polaroid film is too expensive to waste on idiot boys with fake smiles and angry eyes.
27. When you overhear one of his friends complaining that you are only looking out for yourself, look them straight in the eye and tell them they are right because if you don’t, no one else will.
28. Learn to be happier by yourself than you could have ever been with him. Eventually you will be able to listen to your mixed tape songs without thinking of him.
29. When you see him across the cafeteria with the girl from your English class and he sees you with the boy from his chemistry class, he will look like he couldn’t care less. Smile.
30. Know he is lying.