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Choosing You Chapter 56
ETHANPiper is ignoring me. She’s been ignoring me since she walked away from that picnic table one week plus two days ago. And I’ve tried everything. I tried seeing her at her room. I tried calling. Texting. During class, I’ve tried to get her attention, which wasn’t easy since she placed her bag on the seat beside her, making it clear she didn’t want me to sit there. I even stooped so low as to write a note. She left it behind before leaving the room. Every time.And she’s fast when she wants to be. Not really. But fast enough to get the hell away from me and drop out of sight, so I can’t catch up. It’s like she wants nothing to do with me anymore and I have no idea where shit went wrong. That stops now. I might’ve gotten word that she’s working at the library, and I’ve decided not to give her a choice. She’s got to see me. Look me in the eye and tell me to go fuck myself.Only… I’m nervous that’s the case. That I’ll walk in there and she’s going to tell me to fuck off. So, I remain
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PIPERWhat did he just say?There is an infinite number of scenarios I’ve played in my head where Ethan is concerned. Even these last few weeks—sneaking around, making out, having sex—I don’t think I ever once pictured those words leaving his mouth. Did I dream about them? Did I desperately want him to wake up one day and realize he wants to be with me? Only every minute of every day. But still, I never pictured the words. I couldn’t. Too disappointing. And now that I’ve heard them, I’m not even sure I’ve heard correctly.Staring at his lips, I’m determined to rewind time. To make him form those letters into words and say them all over again. “What?”Those lips curve into a familiar smirk. “You heard me.”I shake my head slowly. It’s still so hard to believe. “I don’t think I did. I don’t think what I heard was exactly what you said.”He moves closer to me, making my heart skip several paces. This can’t be real. “I said, ‘I’m into you.’ I want to be with you, Piper.”Unreal. It’s his
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ETHANLeaving Brian in the capable hands of the Gamma members I just introduced him to like I promised so long ago, I wander off, wondering what the hell I was thinking. I have no clue how I’m supposed to prove to Piper that I’m serious. I’ve never had to prove myself to a girl before. In the past, when I said I wanted to be with someone, that was all I had to say. Instant girlfriend. But Piper doesn’t fall at my feet. And even if I still have no clue what the hell I’m supposed to do, it still makes me smile. Everything in my life comes easy. Except for her. I love that about her. She’s honest and real. She calls me on my shit and makes me want to be better—to do better next time. Which is why it’s so important to me that I get this right. I need her to understand I meant what I said. Every damn word, even if I’m not completely sure what any of it means. Where do we go from there, once I prove to her that my words are honest? What happens next? What about the long term? Am I thinking
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PIPER“Woah, Adam.” I pull away from his strong grip. He’s completely crossed the line. One dance. The one I sort of, kind of stupidly promised. That’s what he begged for. And against my better judgement to bail on the whole idea, I said okay. Even knowing I didn’t want to be in his arms.I wanted to find Ethan. I wanted him to see me in my costume. And I wanted to discuss what he said this morning. I haven’t stopped thinking about that look he had in his dark eyes. The overwhelmingly sinful and sexy way he kissed me, begged me to feel what he does. And I do. Damnit. It’s probably by far the worst of all ideas concerning Ethan, but I feel this pull to him. A connection that I can’t get out of my head. Or my heart. So, I wanted to find him. Tell him, that I want to give us a shot, despite all my fears. But Adam found me first. And I guess a promise is a promise. Why did I promise him a dance? That’s right, because in a strange turn of events, he asked me to be his date tonight, and I
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ETHANA smug smirk is still on Adam’s face when I finally pull away from Piper’s lips. And for a moment, I wonder about our friendship. Lacing my fingers with my girl’s, I signal my intentions to leave. She smiles, nodding her head like she’s ready to go too. And we begin to make our exit, only to be stopped just near the front door.“It’s about time,” Sabrina says. “Yeah. I thought you two would drag things out much longer than it needed to be,” Jordan adds.See? Perfect for each other. They’re both laughing at themselves, finding humor in the way they tease us.“You done,” I ask them, and they laugh a little harder, cozied up next to each other.“Sue us. We’re relieved we don’t have to lock the two of you in a room to work it out,” Sabrina says. Piper rolls her eyes, but reaches forward to give her friend a parting hug. “So dramatic.”“You guys taking off,” she asks her. “After all that excitement?”“Yeah,” Piper replies. “As thrilling as it was. We just want to be alone now.”We.
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PIPERMy body is deliciously spent, invoking memories of the way Ethan moved inside me last night. The deep and passionate way his body stroked mine. The way he kissed me. Watched me. And even though it wasn’t our first time sleeping together, the way he took me, felt like it could’ve been. He was gentle, more than he was when he took my virginity. And he was rough when necessary, curving his fingertips into my flesh, as he moved like someone who couldn’t get enough. It made me feel… Cared for. Special. And that feeling didn’t stop, even when we finally collapsed in the sheets. We laid in his bed, staring at each other, until we couldn’t anymore. His dark eyes, conveying something that words could never touch. I wanted to live in those eyes. Enjoy that moment for as long as I could, but, soon enough, exhaustion consumed me.The minute I open my eyes it’s to the excitement of knowing what it feels like to fall asleep in Ethan’s arms, after he’s declared he wants more than sex. To wake
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ETHANI might be in trouble. More trouble than I thought when I couldn’t get Piper out of my head. More than realizing I’m gone, totally lost over this one girl. More trouble than I’ve ever been in because, I can’t believe I said all that to her in my room. What’s even more unbelievable is that, I meant it. Every word. I can’t walk away from Piper now. I can’t let her walk away from me. There’s something that has me consumed. Enamored. I want more with her. More sex. More kisses. More lying in bed with her in my arms. More hearing her laugh. Curse. Telling me when I’m being an ass. More everything.Which is why I couldn’t just let her leave. I couldn’t let the words of random girls from my dorm and her friend—former friend, who’s never been a real fucking friend—take away this thing we’ve set in motion. I’m not giving up before we’ve got a chance to just be in each other’s space and start figuring out what this all means.I wait for Piper in her room, while she’s in the bathroom getti
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PIPERHe pops the door open and hops out of the car. I can feel his eagerness. I have some of the same, springing from my seat and hopping out on my side. I didn’t think talking about being in the group home, we’d end up here tonight. I thought he’d ask more questions. Demand to know why I have a trust fund, or want to know who my parents were. But he didn’t push, which I’m grateful for. I don't even know how to begin to have that conversation. Or if it’s a conversation we should be having. Who knows where things with us are heading right now, right? So, instead here we are, meeting around the front of the SUV, where he grabs my hand, leading the way to my building, tucking me against him once we breach the threshold. His hand slips into my back pocket, as we walk down the hall towards my door. And it stays there when we turn the corner. My room is the first on the right. But before we can get to it, we bump into some people practically standing in the way.It’s Paisley, and Shaina.A
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EPILOGUEETHANSeven Years Later“I don’t even know why we came to this,” Piper says.I smirk, and reply. “You wanted to come. I was good with staying home between your legs for the next fourteen hours. It’s been a busy week for the both of us.”“When I made these plans it was because it’s been a busy seven years, especially since graduation and I wanted to do something normal. Now more than ever,” she says.“What’s so great about now?”“It’s our reunion,” she replies.“Okay. But I could’ve easily taken normal to mean my tongue in your pussy for a few hours and spending the night fucking like rabbits.”“Oh. We’re still doing that,” she says with a smirk. “This is just a detour. Plus Sabrina is in town and I haven’t seen her in so long.”“What are you up to,” I ask. She’s got a look on her face that tells me she’s harboring a secret.“What? Nothing.”“No. You’re up to something.”“Maybe. I’ve got news to share and we haven’t been face to face with our friends to share it with them too.
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PIPERWe find Paisley easily just across the courtyard. And it seems we have a little more to talk about besides the beating I sustained right here on these sidewalks.Shaina is beside her, sipping a smoothie that Paisley takes and makes her own for a minute. Seeing Ethan, she hands it back to her friend, licking her lips like lunch has arrived.She hasn’t paid me any attention, until I speak. “We need to talk.”With an attitude, she drags her eyes away from my boyfriend. Though she’s looking at me now, her words are still to Ethan. “I thought you were coming to tell me living with this isn’t working out.”Ethan folds his arms across his chest. “Why would I do that?”She smiles, still looking at me. “Maybe you’d rather live with me instead.”It’s so pathetic, it’s sad.My boyfriend smiles too, only it’s not pleasant. “Given the choice between sleeping in a bed with you, or a bed of fire, I’d rather add more coals to the flames,” he says.Paisley frowns the hopeful tone leaving her voi
Choosing You Chapter 110
PIPERIt’s the next morning and I’m still reeling from Ashton’s finds and confession. Bryce. Paisley. Well, maybe not Paisley. If I know anything, it’s just how much she truly hates me. At least, by now I think I know. She spent our entire friendship putting me down, keeping me in a bubble that suited her needs just fine. She’s spent our entire lives being jealous of me. I just wish I’d seen it before. No. What I really wish is that I’d pieced it together sooner. Paisley was the one whispering in Ashton’s ear. And ultimately, the one behind my attack. “The catfight gone wrong”.“You ready,” Ethan asks.I look over my shoulder at him, standing in the doorway. He’s got a look on his face that I can’t decipher. He’s just too calm. Nothing like the way he was with his brother yesterday. Or with Adam before. I’m a little worried for the people I’m about to face, but then I think about the hell they put me through, and I know whatever is going on in his head is justified. I’m lucky to have
Choosing You Chapter 109
ETHANOur first week in the new place goes by fast. Mostly because we spent the week at the beach and hanging with our friends. Then there was a lot of moving stuff to get done, and things to pick out. What’s the saying about time flying? Yeah. That. Most of the furniture has already been delivered, and we’ve unpacked a majority of our boxes. The way I see it, we’re entitled to a break. I drop onto the couch and turn on the TV. The cable and internet didn’t take long to get set up either, which is good, since we’re relying on having wifi for class anyway.“Must be nice,” Piper says from the kitchen. She’s standing at the stove stirring a pot of pasta sauce.“You don’t want my help in there,” I say.“It’d be nice if you offered,” she replies, with her nose in the cookbook.“Okay. Do you want some help?”“Why yes,” she says. “That would be lovely.”With a small chuckle, I rise from my seat and go over to her. Without her sling, it seems like she moves twice as fast. Adjusting the temper
Choosing You Chapter 108
PIPERIt's not an ideal situation. But it’s not Ethan’s fault whatever happened. It also wasn’t Ashton’s doing, though I’d like to know his involvement. What I’d like more is to know who’s behind the whole thing. That is if Ashton can be trusted. He did try to pay me to stay away from his brother. How high did his offer go? I don’t remember. Something tells me if I was the type to ask for more, he would’ve given me what I wanted to get the job done. So, maybe he is capable of hurting me. Or paying someone to hurt me, though everything in my gut tells me he’s a pawn in all of this. But without talking to him myself, without the whole story, I don’t know what to think.So, I’m focusing on him. Ethan. Sitting with our friends, yet again trying to make plans for our class- free week. Everyone who’s going away for spring break has already began heading down to party central. And we’ve booked nothing.“I say we forgo taking a long trip and make the most out of what’s nearby. Then we spend t
Choosing You Chapter 107
ETHANI’m not letting Ashton off the hook that easy. So, Piper’s family has money. And he was wrong. He should apologize to her. If that look in Piper’s eye has anything to do with it, he needs to come clean about whatever he said that sent her running the night of the party and apologize for that too. And I won’t take no for an answer. The kitchen is busy with women working on dessert. The same ones I've known to cook for special occasions since I was probably in diapers. They wave to me and I say hello, with as much of a smile as I can muster while looking for my shitty ass big brother. He isn’t down the hall, in the sitting room, or in any of the downstairs bathrooms. I think that maybe he might be upstairs in his old bedroom, until I come across the den at the foot of the stairs with the door cracked open.“You lied," my brother fumes. “She’s not after his money… Because I know. What else did you lie about?”“Were the two of you even dating?”“Where is the proof that she upload
Choosing You Chapter 106
PIPER“We don’t have to do this,” Ethan says, as we get closer to his family’s house. Too late to turn back now. Though, he’s probably offered to turn the car around every seven minutes or so, sensing my uneasiness.I disagree. “I want to go.”That much is true. I do want to go, especially if Ethan’s parents are willing to make the effort. Besides, I want to succeed where I think I failed before. And without Ashton there, maybe I can sway them to my side then he’ll be easier to convince that I’m not some gold digger. I can prove once and for all that I only want Ethan. Where did he even get that idea of me anyway?We turn onto a quiet street.“Last chance,” Ethan says. “Are you sure?”Gripping his hand in mine, I nod. “It’s just dinner. And I want to get to know your parents. We didn't talk much at the party.”Bringing my hand to his lips, he nods. “Okay. If anything makes you uncomfortable—anything—you tell me.”I smile, with a nod, as we turn onto what looks like a dark rode. But be
Choosing You Chapter 105
ETHAN“I don’t care where we go,” Sabrina says. “As long as there’s drinks, sun, and a reason to wear a bikini the entire time.”“Amen to that,” Jordan says slapping her on the ass.I laugh, lacing my fingers with Piper’s as we sit at a picnic table. “Where do you want to go?”She shrugs. “I kind of like Sabrina’s way of thinking.”“Hell yeah,” Jordan says, making me laugh again.“Fine. Everyone is going to Florida,” I say.“We live like thirty minutes from a beach. And I think the flight to Hawaii is closer,” Sabrina replies. “It depends on how wild we plan to get.”“Not too wild,” Piper says, motioning to her arm. She’s still in the sling through spring break. Luckily, she only suffered a dislocated shoulder and a bruised humerus. But she sprained her hand.“Oh sure, go easy now that it’s party time. I don’t think you were complaining when you spent the night on the end of Ethan’s dick,” Sabrina pouts.“Sabrina!”“What? We all know that’s what happened. That’s why you two keep makin
Choosing You Chapter 104
PIPER“I’m sorry,” Bryce says. “Did I do something wrong?”“No,” I reply, after all it’s not his fault what I almost allowed to happen. Still I scoot away, putting more space between us. “It’s just—”“Too soon,” he guesses. “It’s too soon, right?”“Bryce—”“I just really like you. And I know I can make you happy,” he says.“It’s not going to work,” I reply.“Give yourself some time.”But I’m already shaking my head. “I don’t want to. I’m sorry. I’m not trying to lead you on. But I just realized how stupid I’m being.”“No you’re not. You’re being smart. Actually think this through. It’s only a matter of time before he hurts you. Cheats on you, or worse.”“Ethan would never,” I reply.“You really believe that don’t you?”“I believe him,” I say. “And it took this moment for me to realize I don’t want space. I was just scared and upset.”“You were beaten up, Piper.”“Not his fault.”“And the sex tape? The one in his room?”“That wasn’t on him.”“I can’t believe your judgement is still so
