I Hate You More

by Alexandra Moody

“Ally,” Chase said, his eyes growing wide with shock as he realized what I’d just overheard.

Wtf chase?

Chase’s gaze grew hard as he returned my stare. His body was so rigid that I doubted he was breathing. “Why do you think?”

Ouu he loves u

“There’s only one reason you would do something so hurtful. You hate me.”

Not quite

“Ally,” he said in greeting. “Satan,” I replied. “Back already? I would have thought you were too busy destroying innocent souls in L.A.”

Shane chuckled. “You haven’t looked this horrified since that rabbit of yours died when we were five.” “Don’t bring up Fluffikins at a time like this. Like my day isn’t going badly enough.”

“Well, I guess I’ll see you around, Luke. Sorry again for trying to take you out on your first day at Fairview.” His smile turned into a grin. “You can take me out any day.”

gasp

I let out the breath I’d been holding.

FOUND ONE

I let out the breath I’d been holding.

omg and again

All I knew was none of these things would have happened if Chase weren’t living in our house,

Nope try again

If I somehow managed to get Chase to date me, it wasn’t going to be the stuff of epic romances that was for sure.

We'll see

How could she get upset about stripper posters and then wear something like that?

Well....Ok...

I could sense him across the yard like we were connected by a taut piece of string.

INVISIBLE STRING TYING YOU TO ME !!

“Although I much prefer actual books to that Kindle you’re always carting around.” “Hey, don’t diss the Kindle.”

DONT DISS THE KINDLE CHASE

The Book Thief,

I faced Tessa and brother again.

Tessa and brother has me crying

Chase probably just wanted his book back, and there was no way he was trying to kiss me. But when I woke up the next morning and found his copy of The Book Thief lying right outside my door, I had to wonder if perhaps I’d been wrong.

Chase had been so rude to me last night,

Come again?

I’d be nothing more than a pile of ash once he was done with me, but this was worth being burned to the ground for.

Tessa sighed, looking slightly disappointed in me. “You can’t let one kiss throw you off your game,”

Tessa, babe. SHUT UP

Chase remained remarkably calm though, which was totally unlike him. He never reigned in his broody temper around me.

Because he's comfortable with you

Chase stood from his chair, fists clenched at his sides. “I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to have an active involvement in your kid’s life to warrant the term father. Good luck with your project. I’ll see you both in a month, if you bother to show.”

go off

And they’re his parents, Ally. They may not be great ones, but they’re who he belongs with.”

If you could see my face rn

released the breath I’d been holding.

THREE TIMES! i win

“I didn’t have a choice, Ally, because if I didn’t hate you, I would love you, and loving you would only break my heart.”

STOP THIS heartbreaking stuff

I’d created an enemy out of a boy whose only fault was loving me, and my heart was breaking from his words.

The color drained from Chase’s face as my words lashed out at him. “You don’t mean that.”

“I think I love him.” Speaking the words out loud only made my tears fall faster. “I think I love him, and now, I know I can’t be with him.”

Omg why am i crying

“Because I want to do anything you’re doing.”

cutie

“And I do love you. I love you because the things that have happened between us were real, because we are what happens when things don’t go to plan.” He closed the distance between us once more until our bodies were but a breath apart. “And because I miss every damn thing about you, including every little thing I thought I hated. You are the most stubborn,

most annoying pain in the ass I’ve ever known, but you’re my pain in the ass, and I’m not letting you throw us away.”

He grinned at my words. “So, you do love me.” I slowly nodded, fear swirling within me as I admitted the terrible truth to him. “It doesn’t matter though.” “It matters to me.”

IT.MATTERS.TO.ME