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"My mom would have loved you," I say
She s it up" She looks at lad that bitch Vaughn duh "No doubt"
She sers from mine She turns toward me on the bed and looks at me I pull her hand to my mouth and kiss the inside of her palm
"Do you think you would have h and roll my eyes "Seriously, Lake? Do you really want to talk about this right now?"
She smiles sheepishly at me "I’m just curious We’ve never really talked about the past before Now that I know you aren’t going anywhere, I feelabout it Besides, there are a lot of things I want to know about you," she says "Like how it felt when she broke up with you like she did"
"That’s an odd thing to want to hear about on your honeys her shoulders "I just want to know everything about you I’ve already got your future, noant to get to know your past Besides," she grins "We’ve got a couple of hours to kill before your energy is fully replenished What else are we going to do?"
I’ht now and ascount, nine times in twenty-four hours must be some sort of record I roll over onto in to tell her my story
the breakup
"GOODNIGHT, CAULDER" I flip off the light and hope he doesn’t crawl out of bed again It’s our third night with it being just the two of us here He was too scared to sleep by hi it doesn’t become a habit, but I would completely understand if it did
I still can’t wrap my head around all that’s happened in the last teeks, ht thing I know ether, I just don’t think they approve ofmy scholarship toto the to be an adjustment I make my way into my bedroom and drop onto the bed I’m too exhausted to even reach over and turn off the laht tap on my bedroom door
"Caulder, you’ll be fine Go back to sleep," I say, soain to coax him back to his room He has successfully slept alone for seven years; I know he’s capable of doing it again
"Will?" The door opens and Vaughn walks in I had no idea she was coht, but I’m thankful she’s here She seems to know exactly when I need her the most I walk to her and close the bedroom door, then wrap my ar here? I thought you were heading back to campus today"
She places her hands onme the most pitiful smile I’ve ever seen She walks over toeye contact the entire time "We need to talk"
The look on her face sends a chill up the back of ht before I i her hand to ? You okay?" I brush a loose strand of hair behind her ear just as the tears begin to fall I wrap hn, what’s wrong? TellShe continues to cry so I give her a irls just need to cry When the tears finally begin to subside, she straightens back up and takes my hands, but still doesn’t look me in the eyes
"Will" She pauses The way she says ht to my heart She looks up at me but can’t hold her stare, so she turns away
"Vaughn?" I say hesitantly, hoping I’aze back in my direction The fear in hn?"
She alht on to her intentions She shakes her head, "I’m sorry, Will I’m so sorry I just can’t do this anymore"
Her words hit me like a ton of bricks This? She can’t do this anymore? When did we become a this? I don’t respond What the hell do I say to that?
She senses the shock in ain "I’ away frohinside me is suddenly coupled by tears that I have no intention of letting her see
"I just didn’t expect any of this, Will I’ to be a mom I’m not ready for this kind of responsibility"
She’s really doing this She’s really breaking up withstraight It’s just shockthat’s all I turn around and face her, not caring that she can see howme
"I didn’t expect this either," I say "It’s okay, you’re just scared" I sit back down on the bed beside her and pull her toyou to be anything right now" I squeeze her tighter and press ainst her forehead; an action that iain "Don’t do this," I whisper into her hair "Don’t do this to ht now"