Okur Takip Önerileri
i happen to have a special place in my heart for redheads.
“so, what’s the plan?” gemma asks as we make our way to the kitchen for drinks. “dance until we can’t see straight?”
“i never see straight,” i say, and gem rolls her eyes at my pun.
maybe preteens have always been little shits.
“you want me just as much as i want you. that kiss proves it.”
“it only proves i'm lonely.”
i want to tell her no. tell her she’s wrong, that i never loved her, but i can’t. i did love her. first as a friend and then as the girl i thought i’d marry. and now, with her so close, that’s the only part i can remember.
she might be giving her speech right now, staring into a sea of faces, hoping to find mine.
“are you seriously asking me out right now?”
benton falters. this clearly isn’t going the way he rehearsed it in his head. “um . . . yes?”
“why?”
“because you’re funny. and kind. and smart. and—”
“and a huge lesbian,” i add before this can get any more awkward. “i thought you knew that.”
benton stares at his shoes. “i did. i do.”
“so, what?” i ask, fury and betrayal rising from deep in my gut. “did you think you could turn me straight?”
because when it comes to holding a grudge, i'm an olympic champion.
gone is the hurt. gone is the girl i loved, replaced by the one who broke my heart.
i can’t let her know she still affects me that way.
