Chapter 18 - Shane

I'll try to forget about her. I'll go back to how my life was before I went to that stupid party, before I got drunk and turned up at her door. Before I spent time with her and actually thought we could date and the past wouldn't matter. Seeing Ruby bullying her and her reaction was horrendous. She can't handle it and that's all she'd get if we got together. 

I need to leave her alone!

"What was that today?" Ruby screeches at me the minute I walk into Luke's living room. "It was humiliating."

"Fuck off Ruby, I'm not in the mood." I drop down into my chair.

"You still trying to bang that boff?" Billy asks, his arm around Stacey. I shake my head. "Good, she's too much effort."

"Yeah." I say, although I think