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"I’ot a text froot there, the things he said… I just don’t knohat happened How could he think those things abouther to s, sweetie?"

"He called me a whore! He actually thinks that I takebody And he thinks I’ That’s fucked up, Lex"

I barked out a laugh, nothing hu God! I have the worst taste inwith uy who’s willing to believe that I’e of all things"

"Why on earth would he think that’s how you’re paying for school? He knows you fly with your dad"

"He said so aboutI couldn’t really focus on what he was saying"

"We’ll figure this out, Lex I’"

I shook ure out I broke up with him and left Drake chased after me and Jackson stopped him so I could leave It’s over I’m done"

Aubrey wrapped her arms around me "Don’t say that You love hi what made hiain after heyou need to forgive him, but maybe you should at least hear hiht and it’s better that you end it But what if you’re wrong? What if there’s an explanation of so hiht of him with someone else ine any explanation that would be good enough for ive this I told him he was only my second lover That means he thinks that I’m a liar, too"

"Take some time for yourself Think about what you want to do If you decide to walk away, you have et to the bottom of all this, I’ll respect that, too You’re the only one who knohat the right decision is here No ot me in your corner Pinky swear" She held her pinky out for estureall of the promises fro to ht when I thanked you for being there for me You know that’s what best friends are for Now, I rented the room for the whole weekend The jerk at check-in even et into the roo until this afternoon"

"Asshole," I ht now

"How about we hang out, eat junk food, and watchvodka," I reminder her

"Yes, and vodka Why don’t you send your dad a text letting hiirls’ weekend? I’ll let my ‘rents and Jackson know, too We’ll turn the phones off and pretend that the outside world doesn’t exist for a couple days No pressure to ood for me too after how freaked out I’ve been this past week"

"Yes! That sounds like exactly what I need to do" I opened my phone and noticed that I had severalwith a dozen text es I resisted the tee to my dad He was out of town on a charter, so he wouldn’t expect to hear from me that much anyway "Can you let your brother know I’ ive a lot of details to Mom and Dad, but I did let Jackson know that you were safe withunder control Now, off with the phones!"

We powered down our phones and Aubrey tossed theht with us "What did you pack?"

She pulled ured we’d need coa outfits It sounded like an eency, so I didn’t bother with oing out once for supplies since I skipped packing my makeup"