Rowan. “Is Noah coming?” my mother asks me. “Not today, mom. I forgot to let Ava know, and I didn’t want to spring this on her all of a sudden,” I tell her as I walk into Kate’s home. It was our monthly get-together. Just like the last one, I didn’t want to be here. The only reason I was there wa
“Hey Ro, I’m glad you came.” Kate kisses both of my cheeks. “Yeah” it’s the only response I can master, given that I’m not really glad to be here. She gets distracted by my parents, and I see that as my chance to slip away. I head straight to my brother. “How are things going?” he asks after the
Emma The day I’ve been dreading was here. I was afraid of the truth getting out, but never in my wildest dream did I think that Ava would be the one to reveal it. I’ve tried so hard to keep it a secret. It was my shame to bear, and now everyone knew. Rowan knew. Among everyone, he’s the one I didn
Mom collapses in the chair after my admission. The heartbroken look in her eyes was undoing me. The disappointed look she gave me nearly made me crumble on the spot. Travis, who had been holding me, lets go as if I had burned him. He backs away from me slowly until he’s a few feet away. I know the
Fuck. This was hard. I wanted to stop, but now more than ever, I knew they wouldn’t let me. “Like I said, things were going well for some time. They weren’t perfect, but they were bearable. That is, until the night mom called me to let me know that Ava had given birth to a baby boy and that Rowan f
Rowan releases a groan uncomfortably. “Can we not talk about this? It was years ago.” “To answer your question, yes. I was still a virgin... Anyway,” I paused. “I told Calvin about the baby. I didn’t want the child and I wanted to get rid of it, but he wouldn’t let me.” “You wanted an abortion?” M
103. Calvin. I wait. I wait patiently for her to come back. I didn’t know where she went, but I can take a pretty damn good guess. She was mad; I understand that more than anything. If anyone is pissed off and hurt at what Emma has been doing, then it’s me. She has caused me and Gunner more hurt t
“I joined college and continued working further on myself. I became unrecognizable. I drowned in college life. The girls, parties, and booze. Life was great. I had girls all over me. I had my pick from a large pool. Soon, I started to forget about Emma. There was no use crying over a girl that didn’