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Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic
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By Authoress Kamara
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Chapter 26: Over
“Zane! Just give up! We’re lost!”
“We are not lost, I recognize this place!” Zane trekked on, determined.
The afternoon sun was baking him like a casserole, leaving him drenched in sweat, but he kept moving.
“We’re walking in circles,” Ryder heaved, fall
(27). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 27: Reunion . “A whole week? Sir, please--”“A week is being generous after what you seven pulled!” the principal boomed, bringing his fists down onto his desk. “The behavior the two of you demonstrated at the park was beyond disappointing, and then I come to find out that the other five of you left
(28). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 28: Big Plans . Aiden didn’t even get to set his backpack down before crossing paths with his mother in the kitchen. Her eyes were red and heavy from the sleepless night before, in which she had stayed up worried sick until he got home. Her hands gripped a hot cup of coffee, fingernails tapping rhythmically in thought. The red polish was chipped and torn away--she had been chewing at it.
(29). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 29: Delusional . Miles was sprinting down the street, avoiding the sidewalk because it was too crowded, and dodging cars as they came his way. Aiden needed him, he told himself. Aiden was a damsel in distress in need of saving, and Miles was his knight. He
(30). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 30: Insanity . Aiden’s mother was outside the door.He had figured as much by the way she hadn’t yet checked on him despite the racket. She liked to listen to the whole story before she said her piece, like a modern-day Socrates. She was listening to everything now: every shout and plea and whisper, assessing exactly how to feel.
(31)). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 31: Obviously . “What am I supposed to do with that?” Miles threw his arms out hopelessly, falling flat against August’s bed. His fair-haired classmate just shook his head.“I really don’t understand the fuss. There’s no reason it should be that complicated between you two.”“Easy for you t
(32). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 32: The Tyrant .Except Miles never made it.Zane had to wake his classmate after they had been napping for nearly three hours, and neither Blake, Wyatt, or Miles had shown up. The sun sunk low enough in the sky now that the canopy hid it from the treehouse, where Zane and Aiden sat in a hazy half-darkness.
(33). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 33: What have I done? .Aiden couldn’t run anymore. He had been running for the past hour, darting through every location he knew Miles once occupied: arcades, cafes, restaurants, the houses of old friends. But he wasn’t in any of those places. It was as if he had vanished.It had come to the point where Aiden was no longer thinking straight. He felt thick fog behind his e
(34). Sorry, I’m An Anti-Romantic . By Authoress Kamara .Chapter 34: Guilty .The pair approached the shivering man at the front desk, and he immediately let them go with a nod. The officers were too disturbed to escort them, so Ms. Morales escorted Aiden on her own. They took each hallway in slow motion, rounding the corners like weary ghosts.But the closer they grew, the