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Sometimes life has its way with you. It peels back the layers of your existence like the skin of an onion until the real you glows underneath, raw and painful to the touch. It’s in those moments, in that hour, you look to those that give you strength—for me, that person was my brother.
I’ve hung out in the dark for so long, I’ve forgotten what it really feels like to live, to soar with the promise of something wonderful on the horizon.
does she really have the power to pull me from the wreckage? I doubt it. I’m too far gone, too much of a fucking mess to ever hope to recover.
Suddenly a book boyfriend doesn’t sound like such a bad idea.
me always
Note to self, embarrass the living shit out of Cole Brighton, soon and often.
pretty much exactly
glance over at the exit as if I were planning an Alcatraz worthy escape.
she can literally j leave...
“And, for the record, you don’t need it. You’re a natural beauty.”
ik this is supposed to be a compliment but it's still not sitting right w me
One day I’m going to spontaneously combust, and it’ll all be Bryson Edwards’ fault.
probably
“Vanilla okay?” His cheek slides up one side. “I’m boring that way.” “Vanilla’s perfect. And you strike me as a lot of things, but boring isn’t one of them.”
vanilla...
He probably wants me to tag along as a play date for his sweet little sis while he and the super model bump and grind all weekend.
wrong
We play twenty-one for the next few hours. And I’m slowly starting to realize it’s Baya who’s quickly becoming the queen of my heart.
cheesy as hell
“I think you should fall in love, Baya.” His gaze dips to the table then rides back up over my features. “I think you should fall so head over heels you don’t know what’s up and what’s down anymore. You deserve to be worshiped and cared for.
“Don’t fall for me. I’m not worth it.”
“Sometimes when you take a risk, great things happen—mountains move, and you see exactly what you’ve been waiting for, right there, in front of you.”
“I swear to you—I won’t break your heart. I’m committed to loving you exactly how you deserve.”
before it reaches epidemic proportions and storms the world as the new killer plague.
this has nothing on 2020
It’s when things were still good. I guess everything is good when you’re both still alive.
not particularily
me how you and Bryson met.”
well...
I’m beyond ridiculous to think I was just going to causally pick things up as we went along. I should have logged hours watching porn instead of reading Yates for Lit. It’s like I’ve got no fucking priorities. I should have read the Karma Sutra—shoved it in Cole’s face when he asked what I was reading. How do you like my book boyfriend now, bitch?
this was funny
in no way do I want to be derailed while in bed with Bryson.
yeah just railed
He licks a heated line up my cheek.
odd
“Thank you,” I whisper, pulling her bare bottom in the cleft of my stomach. “For what?” She turns her head just enough for me to appreciate her beauty. “For loving me.” I press my lips into the back of her moist hair. “For letting me love you back.”
It’s Cole’s hunting and surviving in the wilderness manual—something that I’m going to need once he gets wind of what happened between his sister and me.
probably
“Nope, just you. Be at the bridge Sunday at midnight, and come alone. Admitting members after rush is completely against the rules. I’m doing this as a personal favor because I just so happen to like you. But, if you so much as whisper to anyone where our secret meet and greet is, I will find out, and you’ll be booted back to Prescott on your shiny white ass. Don’t blow this.”
never go anywhere alone
I don’t want to see you get hurt by whoring around with a bunch of guys.”
double standard much
A set of footsteps scurry down the hall. Voices bloom, then yelling,
should've locked the door but also how'd cole know
Fuck.
yeah...just wait till she goes to the bridge
I pull Cole into another embrace. “You really are the world’s best big brother, you know that?”
no
I reach over to my jeans and dig out a condom. I’ve never put one on under water before, but I’m hoping it’s just as useful as it is on dry land.
hoping...
The cops let Aubree go last night because there was no evidence she slipped Baya anything. They said she could have gotten the roofie from the bar. I tried shoving the notebook up their ass, but they said Aubree was a third-rate stalker at best.
ACAB
“You know what I think we should do tonight after closing?” She gets a devious look in her eye, and, already, I like where this is headed. “Each other. On the bar.”
im calling the health department
