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IN the beginning he was embarrassed his crush kept rejecting his gifts.

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In the beginning Derek was being left out from everyone else because they thought he was weird and probably felt heartbroken more than ever when he built up the confidence to confess his feelings and got rejected even after he got weird looks and probably mean comments towards him.

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He probably felt embarrassed and sad because he was getting rejected by his crush.

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Derek was feeling sad and unwanted

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Derek was also made fun of for being not "normal" which it probably would of hurt him

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I think that he just got used to being made fun of

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In the beginning he definitely felt embarrassed. The other kids already though that he was strange, so getting made fun of didn't help much. When he started to give out those strange gifts, I think it gave him some self-esteem because Lila didn't reject them. When Lila threw then on the ground, he definitely felt like the world ended for him, but when Lila picked them back up, de felt like he still had a chance. However, unfortunately for Derek, they would only be acquaintances and never get into a relationship.

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In the beginning Derek was used to getting made fun of because he stood out to everyone but in reality he probably felt hurt that everyone didn't treat him the same. In the middle when he started to give Lila little gifts he felt a little better because she never rejected them and probably thought because she did this he might have a chance. In the end, when Derek gave Lila flowers and she rejected them he was devastated and wanted to cry but when Lila picked them back up she saved him from humiliation. But after that day he knew that Lila didn't like him because he stopped giving little gifts to her after she rejected the flowers.

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Derek was always being made fun of in the beginning so i probably didn´t affect him to much. Plus in the story he didn´t seem to mind to much in the beginning.

Towards the end when he was trying to give Lila the flowers he most likely was feeling confident. But, that confidence was crushed when she rejected his flowers. But, when she took the flowers he was most likely happy.

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Derek was getting made fun of and when the person he liked rejected his gifts but built up confidence to flowers but she didn't like it and I know deep down in him he was really hurt to be crushed by the person he liked so for the rest of there time together the weren't friends they just said hello when they saw each other.

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Derek was undoubtedly upset that his crush was rejecting his gifts. However, he had a wave of confidence when he chose to offer Lila the flowers, which was immediately crushed when she through them back down. In the end, though, he most likely was satisfied that Lila took the flowers.

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Derek was upset about how the girls friends treated him and made fun of him. He was for sure disappointing and sad that Lila kept not acknowledging his gifts or him. He then had a boost of confidence so Derek went up to her and gave her roses but then she threw them on the ground and he was feeling very sad and was about to cry but then it made him happy that she picked up all the roses and carried them around for the rest of the day.

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In the beginning, I feel like he was already getting made fun of anyways so he was probably used to it but I feel that deep down he is very hurt and especially embarrassed. In the middle, he was feeling more bold or confident when he had a crush on Lila because he tended to give her gifts and small gestures to her like saying "hello". Towards the end Derek's heart mostly likely broke into many pieces when she threw the flowers on the floor but Lila knew if she left it like that he would never be the same so when she picked it back up his heart reassembled itself and he had was happy/relief.

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I think that Derek has extremely high hopes when he was trying to leave subtle hints for Lila and I think he was doing this because he probably felt that he would get made fun of if he talked to her in person. This was affirmed when Derek went to go give Lila the roses and she immediately shouted and threw them down. However, when she picked them up and decided to take them back he probably knew that she was doing him a favor in not publicly embarrassing him. I'm assuming that  Derek felt this way because of his past and experience with getting bullied. It probably sill feel good for him though to have someone who was thinking about his feelings and not treating him like most people had.