Page 51 (2/2)

We order pizza, and it takes forever because it’s the Saturday night after Thanksgiving and no one in toants to cook We watch awesoladly pay for since it makes Owen, okay fine andhow starved we are

All the while, I think of Drew His smile, how he touched me, the way he looked at me when he hauled me into his lap that first time The taste of his lips, the warmth of his breath, the touch of his hands on my bare skin, he haunts me while I tease my brother, as I watch a movie I’ve seen one hundred times, when I finally shove pizza into my mouth like I haven’t ate for weeks

I cannot stand the idea of hihts, his ain, hoping for a text, a call, so, but he doesn’t contact me And I won’t contact him

Yet

Maybe he needs ti as I watch Owen throw some clothes in his backpack He’s headed back to Wade’s to spend the night His friend called to ask and I spoke with Wade’sover there and not running the streets in the ht I want to trust my brother but come on

He’s thirteen

So I’ht at his friend’s house a lot andout until the bars close I’ so no one is usually ho down, I can hear it as I lay in my bed in the dark, et Drew out of my ht I grabit before I can second guess o into the living roo an old throw blanket overfake relationship is officially over

And as theto coreeirlfriend is done

Drew

I passed out cold on top ofto pull the covers over roggy and disoriented,since I skipped two freakingat the alarm clock onand I sit up, scratch the back ofon the bedside table, taunting rab it, push the button to see if anyone called or texted when I see it A text from Fable and it says one word

Marsho Hours Feeling like a complete assle, I practically trip overmy keys off the dresser I should text her back, but that’ll take too much time and I’ for hours The thought of disappointing her…

I can’t stand it

I leaverain, climb into my truck and take off The streets are pretty much empty, I pass only the occasional car and all I can think about is Fable Maybe I should’ve called her What if she’s in real trouble? What if she really neededlot in record tiet out ofher aparto