LOGINSaraAva rushed into the living room and put her hands on her hips. She looked straight at my mom and her voice came out sharp.“Liv, stop yelling at my son. The only bad kid here is Sara. She is the one who keeps causing trouble everywhere she goes.”My heart dropped. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach. She was supposed to be on my side, or at least not against me. But the way she said it made it sound like I was the problem in the whole family.Ava kept talking, louder now. “Sara lacks real motherly love. That is why she is always running around looking for comfort from anyone who gives her a little attention. Even from my son. Look at her eyes, all red from crying. Pathetic.”I stood there frozen. My throat felt tight. Tears started burning my eyes again even though I thought I was done crying today.Ava turned to my mom. “And you, Liv, you know why she is like this. You are too busy loving your little perfect Saphira. You pour all your love into her and leave nothing fo
Sara I flopped down on the couch in Cole's living room still wiping at my stupid face because the tears kept trying to come back even though I was done crying over Ken. Cole grabbed a couple sodas from the kitchen and tossed one at me without asking if I wanted it. I caught it and popped it open anyway because my throat felt raw from all the yelling earlier. "This is so weird" I said taking a long sip. "Me sitting here in your house after you basically kidnapped me from the parking lot. If someone told me yesterday I'd be venting to you I'd have laughed in their face."Cole dropped into the chair across from me legs stretched out. "Yeah well if someone told me you'd be bawling in my car I'd have called them a liar. So spill the rest. What exactly did Ken do? You said he picked his ex. Give me the full idiot list."I groaned and leaned back running my hands through my hair. "We came down to the lobby and there she was Jess just waiting like some stalker ex. She started going off abou
SaraThe next morning I woke up with Ken's arm still draped over me like he owned the spot. My head felt like a war zone from all the crying and yelling and everything else we did last night. I slipped out from under him careful not to wake him up because I did not need another round of that soft look he gave me last time. My clothes were scattered everywhere and I pulled them on fast heart banging like I robbed a bank. Ken stirred anyway and cracked one eye open. "Leaving already trouble? Thought we could do breakfast or something.""Breakfast sounds too normal for us" I muttered tugging my shirt down. "I need air. And coffee. Mostly air."He sat up scratching his messy hair and that split lip still looked rough from whatever fight he got into before. "Fine but I'm coming with you. Can't let you run off and do something stupid after you spilled your guts like that."I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt. "I didn't spill my guts, I just talked. Big difference."We argued about it for five
Sara When I came it hit me hard and I basically yelled his name mixed with a bunch of curses. He followed right after groaning into my neck and collapsing on top of me. For a minute we just lay there breathing heavy and sweaty and sticky.Then the quiet hit and I started feeling gross about the whole thing. Not the sex part. The using it to hurt Jess part. I shoved Ken off me and rolled onto my back staring at the ceiling. “That was petty as hell. I feel kind of disgusting now.”Ken chuckled and wiped sweat off his forehead. “Yeah but it was hot though. Admit it.”“It was hot. Still disgusting.” I sighed and pulled the sheet up over me even though it was pointless. My legs felt shaky. “We’re such assholes sometimes.”He turned on his side and looked at me. “You started it with the loud moaning. Don’t pin it all on me.”“I didn’t start it alone. You were right there with me.” I poked his chest again but softer this time. “And stop grinning like that. It makes your split lip look worse
Sara You mad? Ken asked it with that stupid half-grin still on his face like he thought he’d just won some prize.I shoved his chest hard enough that his back hit the door. “Girlfriend? Are you fucking kidding me right now? You used me as a prop to make your ex jealous and you didn’t even ask. Just decided to slap a label on me like I’m some trophy you pulled out the trunk.”Ken laughed but it came out short and defensive. “What the hell did you want me to say then Sara? ‘Hey Jess this is the girl I was just eating out in the car on the way here’? Yeah that would’ve gone real smooth. Come on.”“Don’t come on me you asshole.” I poked him in the chest again. My voice got louder even though I knew the walls were thin. “You don’t get to decide what we are especially not in front of her. I’m not your anything. We fuck. That’s it. Stop making it weird.”He grabbed my wrist but not hard just enough to stop the poking. “You’re the one who kissed me back in the hallway like you wanted to clim
SaraKen snorted as he fixed his own jeans. “There she goes again. Two minutes ago you were riding my face and calling my tongue good and now I’m back to being nothing. Classic Sara.”“You’ve always been an idiot,” I muttered, but the words felt heavy. The high was crashing hard now. All the family shit I’d been fucking away started crawling back in. Saphira ignoring me like I don’t even exist. Dad keeping all those secrets. Mom slapping my bio dad across the face like that. It made my throat tight and I hated how fast the sad feeling hit after laughing and moaning with Ken.He started the car and the engine rumbled. “Whatever you say, trouble. But my place is out tonight. I still live with my parents and I’m not explaining why I smell like pussy and bad decisions when I walk in at this hour. That would be actually gross.”I rolled my eyes so hard it hurt. “Yeah that’s nasty. Fine. Just find a hotel or something. And drive normal, don’t kill us both because you can’t keep your hands t
~Mia~I just stood there, staring at Liv after we both told Kacy to shut up, and the room felt like it was closing in, my heart pounding so hard I could hear it in my ears, and before I could even think straight, the words just tumbled out because fuck it, everything was already ruined. "You know w
Rowan"Fine," I muttered, standing up, "lead the way, but if this blows up, it's on you."We headed upstairs to this private lounge area, dim lights and plush couches, and Brett pulled out a joint from his pocket like it was nothing, lighting up and passing it to me. "Here, this'll mellow you out,
Rowan I slammed the door behind me so hard I felt the frame shake, my blood boiling from that whole mess with Liv and Kacy and whatever the fuck Mia had dragged me into, and I just stormed down the street without a clue where I was going, my fists clenched tight enough that my knuckles hurt, yelli
Mia“Get a fucking grip Rowan we are not together we're not even in a real relationship don't get this fake don't let this fake whatsoever we're having to get into your thick skulls what the fuck, what the fuck even makes you think you can follow me out here and act like a whole hero or act like a







