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
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
"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
"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
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
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
"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
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
"I can grab a few pizzas on the way back instead of the shit hotel food." I slipped back into the conversation Harvey, Henry and April were having with each other as we dried off and began getting changed again. "The food isn't that bad." I suggested as we began walking back up the beach. "I can't
"How's April?" I chose to ignore whatever Harvey had just witnessed and instead, changed the subject to something I was genuinely concerned about. "Very hungover." Harvey smirked. "A lot more than you two apparently are." He wiggled his eyebrows as Josh hastily slapped him up the back of the head t
Although we had all mastered and perfected the task of getting in late and not getting caught coming back from a party by Miss Johnson, it was soon to become even more interesting when she could be heard making her way down the hall and waking up each female room as Mr Fallon did the same for the bo
When I stepped into my room, I had expected Henry to be beside April, holding her hair over the toilet in the bathroom, nursing her back to her sober self. But the room was empty, void of any noise or presence of another person for the comfort I now needed since kissing Josh. However, with the rea
"Harvey." My voice was enough for him to turn, slight concern written on his features from my interrupting during a very important part of his night. "April's too drunk, we're taking her back to the hotel." I spoke as to inform him before turning around and marching back out to where my best friend
His lips were soft. Softer than I could have ever imagined. My body had been pinned against the door by his own as his lips assaulted mine, leaving a trace of goosebumps from my bottom lip, down to my neck. Everything inside of me was begging to stop, to stop myself from feeling anything other
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