Fracture Me (Shatter Me, #2.5)

by Tahereh Mafi

God, she’s so obsessed with him. She has some weird fascination with his twisted life that I don’t understand, and it makes me crazy. I can already feel myself getting angry, annoyed—jealous, even—which is ridiculous. Warner isn’t even human; I shouldn’t be comparing myself to him. Besides, she’s not his type at all. He’d probably eat her alive.

LMAO IM SURE HE WOULD EAT HER PAL

Juliette has never done this before. If it were up to me, she’d be back on base with James where I know she’d be safe, but she wouldn’t listen to me even if I asked her to. Kenji and Castle are always blowing smoke up her ass when they shouldn’t, and honestly? It’s dangerous. It’s not good to make her think she can do this kind of thing when really, it’ll probably get her killed. She’s not a soldier; she doesn’t know how to fight; and she has no idea how to use her powers, not really, which makes things even worse. It’s basically like giving a toddler a stick of dynamite and telling him to walk into a fire.

HEYYYYY DID WE NOT SEE HER RIP WARNERS DAD A NEW ONE????? OR AM I IMAGINING THINGS BECAUSE UR SOUNDING DISRESPECTFUL BITCH

The smart thing to do would be to hide her somewhere. Keep her safe. Out of danger. A weak link can bring everything down with it, and I don’t think this is the time to be taking chances.

you are the only person who would describe her as weak u prick. oh i feel like a sims character when they start not liking someone and they get those negative red signs floating above their head

She’s not built for this—she’s not strong enough to be on the battlefield.

dude fuck you

Kenji grins. “Okay then. Let’s go get our girl back.” “My girl,” I correct him. “She’s my girl.” Kenji snorts as we head in the direction of the compounds. “Right. Minus the part where she’s not actually your girl. Not anymore.” “Shut up.” “Uh-huh.” “Whatever.”

get his ass kenji

I’m almost too overcome to speak. James is standing in front of me, sobbing, and I don’t know if I’m dreaming. “James?” I hear Kenji say. I look back to see almost everyone has gotten out of the tank now. “Is that you, buddy?” “Addie, I’m s-sorry,” he hiccups. “I know you s-said—you s-said I wasn’t supposed to fight, but I couldn’t stay behind and I had to l-leave—” I pull him into my arms, clutching him tight, hardly able to breathe. “I wanted to f-fight with you,” he stammers. “I didn’t w-want to be a baby. I wanted t-to h-help—” “Shhhh,” I say to him. “It’s okay, James. It’s okay. We’re okay. It’s going to be okay.” “But Addie,” he says, “you don’t know what h-happened—I’d only been gone a little while and then I saw the p-planes—” I shush him again and tell him it’s okay. That we know what happened. That he’s safe now. “I’m sorry I couldn’t h-help you,” he says, pulling back to look me in the eye, his cheeks a splotchy red and streaked with tears. “I know you said I shouldn’t, but I really w-wanted to h-help—”

OH THANK GOD

I’m so grateful to be able to take James home. To let him sleep in his own bed. And though I know better than to ever say it out loud, a small part of me is happy that our time at Omega Point is officially over. There’s a silver lining in all of this, and it’s that Warner thinks we’re all dead. And even though he’s got Juliette now, he won’t have her forever. She’ll be safe until we can find a way to get her back, and until then, he won’t come after us. We can find a way to live, away from all the violence and destruction. Besides, I’m tired of fighting. I’m tired of being on the run and always having to risk my life and constantly worrying about James. I just want to go home. I want to take care of my brother. And I never, ever, ever want to feel what I felt last night. I can’t risk losing James, not ever again.

love how he doesn’t give a flying fuck about juliette being kidnapped

“So what are we going to do about Juliette?” Kenji asks, tossing an Automat packet into a bowl. “I’m already worried we waited this long to go after her.” I feel myself pale. I don’t know how to tell him I had no immediate plans to go back out there.

HELLOOOOOOOO????????

I love Juliette. I really do. I want to help her and support her and be there for her. I want us to have a future together. But sometimes I wonder if it’s ever going to happen. This isn’t easy to admit, but part of me doesn’t want to put James at risk again—on the run again—for a girl who broke up with me. A girl who walked away from us. I don’t know what the right thing is anymore. I don’t know if my allegiance is to James or Juliette.

OH SO YOU’RE BUTT HURT BC SHE BROKE UP W U AND NOW YOU DECIDE SHES NOT WORTH SAVING?????? oh adam when i get your ass.....