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As the night wore on, the estive I had completely left myself by this point, my body powered by the alcohol far e hands brush the damp hair from my neck, and then watched them reach for me and run over my back, arms and brsts And I just put my hands in the air and let them I felt a freedom that I hadn’t known ever and was comforted by the anony life andthe vodka, or whatever Sarah had fedI swayed like this, dancing with er, but my safe haven was rocked when I turned into the body that the ared to, and found my face square into Gavin’s chest I was drunk, ht I’d kissed him, but somehoere with me I pushed from him and threw his arry slur I giggled a little at how it ca impression, because he ain in his ar his lips to usting, and I pushed hiain

"I said don’t do that!" I was et it His brow furrowed as he looked down, and then back up intoin, so I could hear hi it a little, et you Oneme, and don’t deny it You kissed er atother then a friend Then you let me dance with you…like this! for an hour before you flip out on ain What’s with you? Are you really NOT intome an entirely different story!"

My words were definitely unfiltered, the alcohol working its black"I had a e, you assle! And Reed hatesruined me--and you just made it worse! So just leave Me The Fuck Alone!" I stormed away from hi back to check his reaction

I holed up in the women’s bathroom for more than a fewbetween tears and anger I finally gathered h to touch up my makeup and storm back onto the dance floor where I continued on uely reo ho with Sienna and refusing to leave until she leftout the back door after h my purse for my phone, and completely unsure of where I lived

Panic started to hit a little, and every face that passedout for Sienna, but led a little at how I sounded But inevitably, I would start to panic and begin the cycle again After bu to utter of thethem down next to me I pulled my phone from my tiny purse with a force that sentinto the road Instantly, I was irrationally terrified that someone would find my license and realize I wasn’t yet 21, so I crawled into the roadway on rabbed my cards Cars honked and swerved around hts passed my face

I think a few people asked if they could help , and told the far fro into a train wreck, and I was beyond anyone’s reach So I did what I always did when I was in trouble, what I’d done every other time I needed help over the last two years I called Reed

Reed

"Dude, you just shot unfire blasting frouys had coaet tired of it, so I just started shooting all of ame faster

It was nice to have the distraction, but I was tired When I found out that Pops had invited Nolan and her parents over for Thanksgiving, I flippedhi, but I didn’t think I’d be forced to out our up-in-flames relationship at the dinner table in front of our farace and thanks for everything wonderful in our lives