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Like a puppet ires, he positions my body whichever way he desires and I’s on the floor, he lifts the other, holding it in the crook of his ar-spot He nails it every ti my button like it’s an O key stuck on a keyboard Three ame-over

My screaasht-headed

The s as I try to catch my breath He’s still inside ofinside of me When he finally pulls out, a torrent of our ainst the bottom of the porcelain tub

I’ll definitely hit up the phar the bus hooes in that direction If not, I can always get Emily to take me tomorrow

My muscles and body are still wrecked when he takesto be late for school”

“I know,” I say and kiss hio to school, but my GPA depends on the results of these exams “It was so worth it”

I clean oodbye to Paul before leaving the aparthbors, all fe to each other I’o to the same school I’ve never taken much time to say much other than “hi” and pet the one wohborhood where everyone knew each other and had the others’ backs, but I never got the vibe fro like that would be an option, other than the neighbor whose cat I’ that they had a clique and I wasn’t invited in It’s like high school all over again Souess

When they see“That ht,” one of them says to me

Great, they heardthat loud Gossip spreads around this co, everyone will know Oh, well It wasn’t as if I’d dragged soht stand to my apartment (like I alht with theto pretend as if I hadn’t And I’ize for it

I know I’ seen my face Nosey broads

Instead of staying eet under s as I walk down the stairs

“So happy,” Emily says as we leave class I’d arrived fivecould kill my mood

“That’s because soot laid,” I say

E Spare no details”

Norrind in the hallways as students scurry to their next classes, but nothing can bother me today

“A lady doesn’t kiss and tell”

“I know, so tell ”

We head toward economics, the other class we share In fact, it was hoe met in the first place We sit down in our seats next to each other and I tell her everything

I meet my dad for lunch He takes me out once aether She’s tirelessly optimistic All et the things he has, and how he’s doingme money—which I never ask for If I did, he’d hold it overball

We sit down at a diner and look over the menu He talks mostly about work I pretend to listen to him for the most part and just try to enjoy the free meal

I’ when I hear the tail end of what he just said “And Paul stayed out all night I wonder what he’s up to”