She giggles at that. "Kay." I walk out of the room and enter the shared bathroom. I lock the door, intent on washing myself to smell fresh. I like to believe I usually do, but I might not notice my own musk. I spend so much time on the ice rink and working out that I probably reek now and then. H
Alice My heart and spirit aren't ready for this. I told Nathan I wanted to share his bed with him, which I do, but ugh! I didn't realize how weird that is! And neither did I count on my pulse beating this hard! The door opens to the room, and everything gets worse when my eyes land on Nathan wal
My fingers trace along his chiseled abs. He is cut like a diamond, and my hand stops on his defined, round pec. "God, Nathan. You're so fucking..." I flick his nipple with my thumb. He whimpers, and I smile. "Gorgeous." Nathan's eyes are overcome with desire. "Can I touch you too?" "Yes." He sm
Alice The sound of Nathan's alarm wakes me up. His phone is vibrating on the coffee table, singing a death tune. "What time is it?" I tiredly blink life into my eyes, watching his beefy arm reach over to slide a finger over his display. "Too damn early," Nathan mumbles into my chest without ope
"You ought to stop testing me, Alice." "Huh? I wasn't testing you. Not at all." I lie; I was totally playing games with him. Nathan must know. He almost smiles, almost. "I don't think you're brave enough to initiate anything sexual without me telling you to do it. Eat me? Gosh, you're adorable...
Alice I don't feel too good after eating breakfast. I have a secret from Nathan now, and soon I will have another. Not only am I scheming to drop out of my program, but I'm not headed for campus. No. Nathan is about to take me there in his car, but as soon as he makes it to the ice rink, I will
Yet, despite that, I don't slide down, and Nathan speaks softly. "And what is that?" "You're mine," I whisper in what I hope makes me sound like a vampire because I attack his neck a second later. What surprises me is that Nathan lets me. He could easily prevent my mouth from finding his skin. Ye
Alice Things are finally looking better. I walked into The Coffee Bean, and while I didn't get a full-time job, Malin, the owner, gave me a part-time position despite not needing new people. The reason? Apparently, my sister, Rebel, secretly works extra here, and she assured Malin that I'm wo
Caroline After watching the hockey game, I’m still sitting on the bleachers. Rebel and Alice have left, but I’m waiting for Andrew to come and find me. My heart is pounding in my chest, and as soon as I hear a door open to my left, I realize that it’s now or never. I have to tell Andrew how I fee
Caroline Shame fills me when I look down from my seat in the ice arena. I'm here to watch Andrew's game, but so are Rebel and Alice. They are sitting a few rows below and shooting glances that fill me with guilt. I'm a terrible friend. Rebel had her operation recently. I never went to visit her
Caroline It feels weird sleeping in the same bed as Andrew. After the drama with Jonatan, Andrew refused to go home, and we fell asleep watching a movie. The problem is that I jerked awake again, and now my heart won't stop racing because my ex-boyfriend is cuddling with me. I glance to the side w
Caroline This must be hell. Andrew gave me time to think about us, and I didn't have it in me to turn him down right away. I will turn him down, but I will pretend to think about it to make him happy. In my world, that is giving someone false hope, but Andrew doesn't seem to agree. He is happy I
And what the hell, I didn't know he still liked me?! "Andrew... we were toxic together. All we ever did was fight and have makeup sex. Then we fought again. It was destroying us both. So no, I don't miss us at all." I'm a liar. I miss us, and we both know it. Andrew and I had bad days, but when he
Caroline "Take this pea package and hold it against your eye," I give the package to Andrew. He is sitting on a chair in my kitchen, shirtless because his t-shirt is red from his bleeding nose. Jonatan punched him in the face, which wasn't smart. Out of the two, my hockey friend is the better fig
Caroline and I hooked up after breaking up, and I thought she wanted me back. But it turns out she only wanted sex, and the next day, she went out with another guy. I called her a cheater because I didn't know our getting back together meant nothing to her. I was hurt, pissed off, and then she alm
Andrew I'm on the beach with Caroline. We are sitting on our sunbeds underneath the dazzling sun. I'm spread like a seastar while she sits with her knees bent to her chest. A water bottle is held by her hand, and I catch a droplet running down her chin as I eye her in secret. Since her scars ar
Caroline I'm sitting in the hospital lobby. It's time to leave, but Jonatan is too busy with some modeling gig to come and pick me up. Luckily, I got it covered: I was close to calling a cab an hour ago, but it seems Andrew got my back. He texted me and said he would pick me up from the hospital.