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"Oh, you think that’s funny?" I sit up, still holding onto her waist,into her wet skin Beads of water are strea down her body, her hair, her soft skin and it’s even better than I ever could have i to the water fill up the tub, looking at each other, waiting for the other one to speak
"Callie, I have to ask…" I -up thing"
She stops breathing, but doesn’ton it"
I let out a deep exhale throughthat"
"I told you it’s not about that"
"I know it’s not about that, but regardless, it’sidea that you’re hurting yourself"
I’ a hypocrite, but it’s important that she kno I feel because she always tells me how she feels
"Maybe I should talk to soh I’ve been doing better"
"Talking to soe "I’ve been… I’ve been talking to this therapist at the clinic Asclinic and the reason why I was there, he seeher "I’ood," she says, searching
"Maybe you should tell hiers pierce deeper into her skin "I’ht person"
"Then who is?"
She has a point Who would I tell? My mom? My brother?
After that, the only people I knoouldn’t knohat the fuck to do with the info "Maybe I could"
"You’re going to," she insists and runs her hand throughit out of my face "And I’ll come with you"
I’m wary and hesitant, and honestly, as much as I care about her, I really don’t want her there, listening to all the fucked-up things I’ve done "Callie… I don’t think that’s such a good idea I don’t want you hearing the gory details"
"I saw the gory details," she says and tears for them… unless you don’t want me to be there" Determination burns in her eyes
"Callie, I really don’t think you should be there," I protest,the inner workings of my screwed-up head
She shakes her head and takes my hand "Kayden, I can help you if you’ll just let me… Please just let me help you"
It’s hard to say no when she’s looking at o alone, I hear , "Okay, you can co"
She nods enthusiastically "Anything"
"That I can be there to help you when you tell your fa conflicted, but then she slowly leans in and lightly places her lips against ainst my mouth "We can do this," sheto ether"
I think about last night and how she ht be right On so many levels "I think we should head back today… I don’t think I should have probably left in the first place… I kind of feel like I’reeht have been a bad idea"
"Not bad" I inchher breath to falter "What happened last night…" I lower ers across the back of her hand I want to get as much Callie-time as possible, just in case this doesn’t end well, because in enerally don’t
It’s painful to think about, but realistic, and it could end up being reckless and da if I didn’t see this way "What happened over and over again…" I slip er inside her and her body curves into mine "… was in no way bad at all" I kiss her cheek as her eyes gaze off "It was aer until I drive her to the edge and she cries out my name Then I slipevery part of her, knowing that at anyBut for once in oes okay What that means, I’m not sure, but I want to find out
Chapter 15
26 Face the inevitable, whatever the hell it is
Callie