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This was definitely one of life’s defining moments So I ran

I pushed back froet sorabbed my purse and headed out the back doors to the alleyhere I knew I could get aot a little carried away," he was right on , and it was just a weird night," I said, turning to face hiainst the opposite wall

Gavin stood across fro the stupid I couldn’t seem to find any words to help the situation, so instead I just stood there staring at hi, andto be sick later fro to reset et hintointo ainst one another Instead of stopping hirabbed his wrists at first, a false protest, almost so I could tell myself I’d tried to stop But I didn’t Not really I reached behind his head and pulled hiers up under his shirt We kissed like this for several seconds before reality hit me, and I pushed into his chest Hard

"Gavin, I can’t," I said, panting as I stuod"

I started crying, the tears fast I alking away backward He stood there, just as shocked as I was I wipedto erase what had just happened "I’od"

I just turned and ran I had made it only a few blocks away from the scene of my horrible slip when I felt utter People alking aroundup, which I did four more times before I made it back to my dorm

I had pulledthe sidewalk barefoot The front desk girl gavelook as I buzzed into the door and walked by her I ht my reflection in the elevator on the ride up, led in all directions

I headed straight for the bathrooon s in close toht pink, andinto raisins by the time I shut the water off and pulled the towel from the bar to jointhrough the bottoht, naked on the dirty tiles of htenedon rabbed the bathrooot to my feet and ht

Last night

I wasn’t so drunk that I didn’t re What had I done?

I reached into my purse and pulled out my phone to find a text from Reed I sed hard, almost afraid to read it As if somehow he already kne I’d betrayed hietup

Chapter 7

Reed

Whenat the house through the holidays, I thought long and hard about cancelling Thanksgiving and Christ off for Hawaii for thefor his own place down in Tucson He was er role with the dealerships and the co until January at the earliest I hated that he was there Co Everything important was in that house and town…and when Jason was there, well, he just had a way of shitting on things

The holidays were still h, so I’d face life with Jason when I had to I was looking forward to my trip with Noles for my birthday She said it was a surprise, but I was pretty sure she was takingsecrets, and I’d seen our caear in her trunk the few times we’d taken her car out