Romantic Truth and Lies

And the tension in her neck tells me she's terrified of me ex

t's a sensation I'm all too familiar with. I would never, e

. For miles, there is noth

? Is that her

op touches her lips, Blake returns with anothe

hat you require alcoho

"Alcohol

serve food." You'

ng at me as she speaks. It's as if she's conversi

s. I have the authority to have you arrested. A permanent blot on your resume. But it's

bright eyes, which are now more green t

yell at me or beg me not to call the cops. I exp

me in, and even if you d

ne of her pink lips, my fing

not hesitate to turn you in. I'll sleep s

e as she licks her plump pink lips. Why

Like all the other girls

ther girls. I don't know much about h

ready to tear out my throat, and I

an. Just as I am a girl and not a woman.

nches away from mine. I could easily take her lips

m lip, as if she knows e

I command you right now." You're

. I've never met anyone who said so many lies and so many truths in one s

ce battle. Neither of us is going to back down. Because she refuses to show weaknes

id our lives are only meant to intersect for a brief moment. She's come to provide

er and fries in f

ugh for her to interpret it as a victory. She smiles as she

ng about this bar, boy," she says

t feels liberating to appear to her as a boy rather than a man burdened with too many responsibilities. She doesn't just ha

I am delighted to be proven wrong by..."

me. "I don't give aw

s fixed on her. I gave her my name,

er. "Buy me another drin

er. She is startled by the sound the glass

easily

arly heard my silent order. Bring m

two minutes, and Blake brings me

wait for her to obey an order. I need her to comply with my

ns. "Im

ch is holding a fry i

ins control. She is terrified of me. Or, at the ver

a bite of the french f

ge, as if biting into her fry is th

cel

ha

id hea

, Joc

shakes her hea

so low that I'm no

A strong name, but it doesn't seem to fit the

her moniker. Only her family and friends know who

t exactly are you

rowed. "Is th

bar,

put into it

king on the piece of burger