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Those were her last words beforeaton the floor, covered in her own vomit Her scholarships in jeopardy, her heart broken, and her faith in ot to listen to a fking ain, and let the tears fall downtoit all fall out of me at once
When her words finished, I slid the phone to the corner of the roo lightly and didn’t flinch when I brushed her long strands of hair behind her ear I ed to peel her soaked sweater from her; she only wrinkled her nose a little at me, but her eyes remained closed I picked her up and carried her to my bed where I pulled the boots fros I went to e football T-shirt, her favorite I slid it over her head and carefully pulled her arh the sleeves She twisted sideways indown on the shirt out of instinct I pulled the blanket up her body, leaving her shoulders exposed so I could stroke theers for a while
Finally satisfied that she was asleep, and staying that way, I kissedto fix this; I promise" Then quietly, I made my way to the bathroom for a shower
Chapter 11
Nolan
It took ure out where I was The s…different, but fa, andMy stoposition and crackedn of him, but he wasn’t there I could tell he hadn’t been I ht I remembered most of it, up until he threw me in the Jeep and hauledof dishes downstairs and the faint sounds of soht briefly about fashioning Reed’s sheets together so I could repel out his , but I didn’t have my car here I’d need to walk hoh the desert Knowing I had to live up toto stand
It was late uests had left, and Reed and Trig were already on their way to ca at the carpet by the bed, and I was puzzling at ht knock at the door
"Hey…you awake?" Reed said as he stuck his head in slowly
Embarrassed, I just pulled the covers over my lap and smiled softly
"Yeah, uh…you sort of barfed all over your clothes," he said, chuckling a little and looking down at his feet
"Oh God!" I thought
He slid co the door behind hiot you aht youto make sense of his behavior "Thanks," I said, ht I pulled the , and picked sry, but also unsure of what else to do in front of hi about me felt raw and on display I just looked back up and sood Blueberry"
"Yeah I know it’s your favorite," he said, leaning against his opposite wall We just stared at each other while I ate Finally, he pushed off the wall and looked at his watch "Hey, so, I have to get going with Trig We have light practice today But you’re going to the gaht? You’ll be there?"
He seemed intense all of a sudden, almost worried Why was it so i sowith Sarah," I said, my insides sick that there was no way out of this now I’d have to go--worse yet, the deep-down part of me really wanted to be there
"Good," he nodded once before co up with every step he took He put his hand on ers underhis breath He was…nervous? What the hell type of paradox had I fallen into? What the hell happened after I got in that Jeep last night? Then he leaned forward and placed his lips on my forehead His soft touch madethat seely happened at the drop of the dime lately I just lefttheain softly "Okay, well…see you after the game"