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My heart beats faster, and in a moment, her eyes on my back warm my skin. Everyone . . . I look up, meeting Olivia Jaeger’s eyes as she leans against the archway leading into the dressing room, staring at me. And all of a sudden, my skin is too hot.
Tryst Six, they’re called. There are six siblings, and I can only assume the Tryst part comes from their mother, Trysta. They even have an adorable little logo. Insert eye roll.
I’m pretty sure she wants my phone number.
“If you let her touch you,” I bite out, changing the subject, “she will live to regret it. I don’t even have to leave this seat to ruin her life.”
“We get attached to what we can control, and resist what we can’t.”
“But I do know life is too short. There is no tomorrow. This is all there is.”
“I don’t apologize,” I tell her. “So you may as well exhale, because it’s not happening. We’re both leaving, there’s no commitment, and you knew the score.”
because one of the ingredients in antivenin is venom, and sometimes you need poison to counteract the poison.”
“Well, what was she supposed to say? The alternative was demanding you out yourself, which you never would have agreed to, so she took the scraps she could get.” He takes a drag of his cigarette. “She’s used to that.”
And all the Jaegers sing together, “Everyone is our type when they’re naked!” Like it’s some fucking family motto or something.
But I really like my crazy-as-fuck Barbie doll with a mouth that pisses me off one minute, and arms that hold me so tightly that I don’t care if I can breathe the next.
It makes sense to suffer for who you are rather than who you aren’t,
“You don’t have to tell them you’re gay,” I whisper. “You just have to tell them that you’re in love with me.”
wishing Clay were here. Hoping she’s here, because I want her to see this. I want her to be proud of me.