However, I could guarantee that a friendship was still too far away from us, keeping the title between us as something simply known as acquaintances. * When I walked into the cafeteria from my first few classes after winter break, I didn't have that same dreadful feeling in the bottom of my stomac
In a decision that I knew I'd regret sooner or later, I took the shortcut home instead of following the main road like a sane person would. But I'd stupidly forgotten that I was a girl and walking the dark streets alone with small visibility was already an incorrect decision on my part. And I hated
My heart sped up again as I was hastily pulled away from the crowd, my legs suddenly remembering how to run as I followed the retreating figure with one of their hands clasped round mine. Tears continued to blur my vision, clouding what was now in front of me, holding tightly to my shoulder and sh
Rather than torturing myself with the long drive to school and with the grim feeling all over my body haunting me through the day, I texted Valentina that I wouldn't be coming in and somehow managed to falsify an illness to my mother. "Are you sure you're going to be ok?" My mother's voice sounded
"Because I like all of them." Valentina sighed out in aspiration and retreated back into her closet, ignoring the both of us entirely. I curled my head up against Valentina's pillow and attempted to close my eyes for just a split second before I'd be woken again. "What did you bring to wear tonigh
What we expected most from this party was exactly what we found. Typically, red cups were strewn around the front yard around us, yet most partygoers had managed to stay inside instead of out, like most parties I had been to recently. We all walked in and immediately searched for the table where
I escaped away from the situation and found myself standing outside of the party with the commotion still going on inside. "This isn't fucking over!" Ryan's bellowing voice sounded as he was pushed outside by a few partygoers. I kept my head down as he shoved past me and began the heavy walk away
As much as I somehow hated the thought of Josh and Isabella together, I was glad that he had made the effort to ensure that she was home safe and actually in bed before he left. Yet it managed to remind me of the time he had also done that for me. "Good night, wasn't it?" Josh mentioned as he start
My eyes automatically scrunched up at the poisonous liquid making its way down my throat, burning down into my chest. He then grabbed us each a beer and led me back over to an area of the house, less densely populated than nearly every other spot. "Are you ready to tell me why you can't stand to b
It didn't take long to finish up with our work for the day, allowing us to have the evening free to do what Miss Johnson expected us to do. "I expect you all to stay in the perimeter of the hotel if you leave and to be back inside by nine." Multiple sighs sounded around the classes as we all separa
"We're waiting for an elevator. Do you expect me to make small talk?" "I expect you to at least look at me." I turned my head, not bothering to move my shoulders and let my eyes meet him, securing a look that I desperately needed to guide my gaze away from. "Happy?" I hadn't noticed him closing t
I was struggling to understand what Miss Johnson meant when she'd allowed us to 'catch up on missed sleep', yet managed to wake the whole corridor up over two hours earlier with her incessant shouting at Mr Fallon. "They need to just have sex already and get it over with." April threw her pillow ov
However, with one problem being solved, another presented itself in the form of the bus that was taking us to the hotel. I had managed to keep a distance between Josh and I throughout immigration and collecting baggage, but it had quickly been thrown out of the window when I spotted April perching
"One hundred percent." I was now standing at the door, waiting for Henry's car to appear and for my mother to stop fussing over me. "I'll see you in a week." She smiled and pulled me in for a tight hug, to which I hugged back even tighter. "Be good, and be safe." I nodded with a small smile before
"There he is!" April mentioned with an enthusiastic pointed finger as she slipped her arm into mine and brought us towards Henry, waiting for us on the bleachers of the gym. The planned assembly had been formed by our biology teacher with the other class in the grade to tell us what was going to ha
My heart had finally fell back to a normal speed despite it picking back up every so often when Ryan would send me his charming smile that I'm sure most girls would easily fall for. Like I was doing right now. Our conversation continued like it had over texts. We talked all about our friends and fa
Three Years Ago My hand was beginning to ache with the contestant re-touching and applying of make-up to every flaw I managed to find as soon as I stepped away from the mirror. My hair was pulled into a tight ponytail, exposing my naked face more than I had liked. I let out a heavy sigh as I pulle