The Words

by Ashley Jade

Guys like Phoenix won’t ever be into girls like me. It’s just a fact of life. One I’ve learned to accept.

But I was also jealous. Even though I have no right to be. Because I’m not the kind of girl who gets the guy.

No, she’s the secret demon that’s been living in my head for the past four years.

“Let me put it this way. If I was on fire, and the only way to extinguish it was to have sex with you…I’d beg someone to pour gasoline on me.”

“Because you begged her to kiss you…and she begged me to fuck her.”

I guess it’s true what they say. Some people like being the victim.

I was his first kiss.

“I would have given you everything, Phoenix.” My heart, mind, body, soul, and art.

“I just want a few hours where I’m not the villain in it.”