A Story That Won't End

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to open up and swallow me whole. I gave short answers, but she kept firing off questions like some sna

River. Even the part where I ended up in his bed? Total blur. All

, glancing down to make sure

ramatic sigh. Weirdly enough, she smiled. Which definitely was

r clarity. River's version of the story this morning

ned?" I asked, sliding

" she replied casually, tossi

everyon

ster somewhere. My brother's a

drinks, fresh off a call from her mom. I sat cross-legged on the rug, tryi

s by now. But today, I didn't want to be reachable. I needed to p

out River?" Yuna asked as she p

ype to be cautious of? Or the

eems decent. But..." She stared at the ceili

t w

kissed h

coughing hard as I tried to swallo

wha

e looked? You kissed him first. And you know what guys can get wh

Not even in high school-I was too busy just surviving a

puked on River's bed. If anything... I felt kinda happy

like a slut

ou looked pretty composed for some

bell rang, cutting

looked toward the

m comin

her, and when she

" I whi

and Reid. All three of them looked tense,

ead and I knew it-" he pa

but he turned to m

s go

fine. You do

u were last night. I... I was worried." His v

felt off. He wasn't yelling. He wasn't dragging me to his car like a mani

treated me like I was

passing out drunk, okay?" he said, giving me the same l

led, too drained

ay, campus

sprinted toward the south building by the man-made lake.

-heading straight to the gym,

or hit an archi

ng black hair! The other on

hett an

art d

is morning. I pushed through the crow

t he wasn't fighting back. Rhett, on the other hand, looked like a damn f

I yelled, rushi

tep between them. My chest was heaving,

anything to

wly. "I never mea

ven register. His eyes... they looked more wounded than anyt

bbed him in the back. "He touch

's en

firm. "This isn'

went dea

in. "Actually..." his

"Don't you think it

ked, c

almost sad smile. "The way he acts around y

our dam

m. "Please, stop. I'll go with you.

skull. The pain was searing, crawling through my head l

Screaming

verything