Three In One
toward two guys who were waving back at
t my heart was dead. Part of me was, anyway. I'd lost tha
nd I didn't want to start the year branded a lonely, loser hermit. But my heart wa
to a hug with a guy. She reluctantly let him go and
ad a better smile. Jake was shorter.
e gave me a shoulder-squee
rced a smile. '
' the sa
side, ''
hat anyone said. Felicity was trying
Felicity yelled over th
run out of free fo
he shook her head. "The line will be too
off. "You gu
na miss out on anythi
e, I'll b
hrough the crowd toward the kitchen, feeling free a
self. I'd just ditched my roommate and she was going to be pis
t in line before
xy male voice was speaking to me. Sta
my heart did an
'' I whispe
you change
d forced me to be her
ybe you wanted to be
ips, trying not t
el
d. "I'm
and walked over to stand next to me, so close I
I said.
om campus burst through the frat
toward the stairs, past the dwindling line of ever
ryone back to their dorms now
n! Hey!
calling to Christian. He hesitated as a gro
ext us back? We've been looking all ov
ing to drink and you ditch us whil
to drop my han
tian had lied about being ditched by his friends.
" Christian didn't see
t was pounding. I felt suddenly an
'' they sai
ater?'' Christi
' the blo
a hallway, which leads us to an elevator. We de-escalated to the
eplied, fixing my glasses. He came over to me,
ing have to
ust Christian Anderson, the guy
augh. ''Well, it's n
neck with a click. He started up with his motorc
go, okay?'
'' I yel
ring winds that twirled in my hair and whistled in my ears. Within five minu
met off and giving it to him. He turns off
han
lem, '' h
ng so nice to me?
nted to see what kin
years together, had some classes toge
et. You don't seem the typ
uc
, '' he
don't
ce if maybe I coul
eal
ure. I do
I stuttered. ''Tha
ng his engine. ''S
ee you in
pounding when I rea
ired and had gone back to our room. I turned on a
s, I felt something besides anger and hurt. I felt something almost magica
he the one who had cheated in the most horrible way possible? Irrationally, it didn't mat
a deep
ian An
d I looked over to
from
iss