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I didn’t knohat to say My knees felt like they were going to cave Moht She should still be pissed at me

No consequences

I hurried up the steps before she said anything else My bedroom door sla to focus on ho downstairs only for dinner because I smelled fried chicken

There was no way I was going to turn down fried chicken

It was a little after seven when I changed into sleep shorts and an old tank top Dragging a quilt over et back to the school stuff, but I dozed off without even cracking my History textbook open It was a restless nap, one where I woke every fifteen minutes or so, but the last time I peeled my eyes open, I heard a door close I turnedburst of chilly air rolled across the bed

Sebastian entered my room without a word

Groaning, I pulled a hand out from the quilt and rubbed the side ofand entering”

“Nah, I don’t think so” He sat down on the side of the bed “I’ courteous”

I loweredat him “How so?”

“You don’t have to get up and open the door” He winked, and I hated that it was sexy “I a of you”

Rollingtoward him “Whatever Maybe I don’t want to see you”

“You could’ve just locked the door,” he pointed out “If you don’t want to see me, that’s all you have to do”

I could’ve But I hadn’t, because I wanted hih I shouldn’t, but I wasn’t going to ad on my freedoms”

Sebastian tipped his head back and laughed Loudly My eyes widened

“Shh” My head swiveled toward my closed door “My mom will hear you”

“Pretty sure your ht”

That was pretty much what Lori had said “But I doubt she knows you stay, like, forever”

“Probably not” Heout on the bed, his head on the pillows besidealready? It’s only nine”

“I was tired Today was” I trailed off How in the hell did I describe today?

“It hat?” When I didn’t answer immediately, he persisted “It was like what, Lena?”

I sighed heavily, loudly and obnoxiously “It was rough I feel like I’m ninety years old I needed a nap by third period My ribs ached all day, and I couldn’t take the pills the doc gave ht out”

“And?” he asked when I went silent

“Andit was just hard”

Sebastian didn’t say anything, and I kneaiting for ain “I was supposed to have Creative Writing with Megan It was” I sed hard “Not having her in the class or at lunch eird I kept waiting for her to sit down at the table Not going to practice felt wrong Like I was forgetting so”

“Sauys” Sebastian crossed his arhts in the weight roo next to me at practice”

There was just soso ain I ran e of my cast as I let out a shaky breath “I had to rief counselors”