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My dress falls enough that one ofher arms around my waist

We’re falling

Charlie and I are chest to chest and ainst the wall

We’re on the floor

The five second video has no sound I look completely out of it and Charlie turns to the ca us

“I was yelling for help,” Charlie says, sounding completely defeated

My ears were ringing as I stared at the video playing over and over on a loop

“Everyone has seen this?” I asked, aze shot to Curtis then Draco “You’ve both seen this?”

Draco’s eyes were soft on mine as he barely nodded

“Oh, my God,” I breathed

Nausea rose so fast that I barely got to the toilet before I threw up the jelly sandwich Rose had packed for

Everyone in school had seen me They’d passed around the photos like it was some kind of joke Like I’d deserved to have topless photos of me on display

I heaved again

Curtis had seen me like that He’d seen the dazed look on my face as I’d passed out half naked in a hotel hallway Every boy in our school and who kne s and parents had seen it

I had no idea how I could ever leave the safety of that bathroom

Tears and snot dripped down my face as I stood up and flushed the toilet

“I’ll take care of it,” Curtis said, speaking for the first time since he’d entered the bathroom

“You can’t,” I replied, staring into the toilet, frozen in place “Everyone’s already seen it There’s nothing you can do”

“Yes, there is,” he said, his voice co from close behind me

I barely breathed as his hand rested on ently from side to side I waited for him to move away, but he didn’t Instead, his hand traveled up to the back of ently, slid around to the front With his thuers underneath my chin, he tilted my head upward

“I’ll take care of it,” he whispered, dropping his hand as he kissed the back of my head “And then we need to talk”