Bk 4 - Chapter 5 - Confessions

Analiese

As my dad leaves the room, I realize I'm nervous. It reminds me of my high school days when Oscar would walk me to my classes to protect me from my ex. I liked Oscar so much, and I didn't want to do anything to make a fool of myself like tripping over nothing. At the same time, I wanted him to like me too. In the halls of our high school, he had all the girls looking at him, drooling over him. I always wondered how many of them he had bedded. He could obviously take his pick. Brody drew that sort of attention too, but not in the same way. Brody was intimidating. Oscar was all charm. He was never attached to any one girl and I wondered why.

After our graduation ceremony, and that dreadful night with Dylan, we started talking more. He would call me late at night and I felt like we had gotten to know each other. For instance, I knew his mom pushed him to find a nice girl and settle down. He balked at that. He felt he was too young and wasn't ready for a steady girl. I knew that,