Broken Dreams (Skyler's POV)

I never deleted my dealer’s number.

I knew I should have. It was one of the rules, but it was like somehow I knew the sober life wouldn’t be for me. That I wasn’t meant to be clean and happy, no matter how much Avery convinced me I was.

Avery.

I still didn’t know what that perfect man wanted with a fuck up like me. We met at a college party.

I didn’t even actually attend college. That’s how much of a loser I was. I went to parties with people I barely knew just because I knew I could get drinks and drugs from them.

Avery was doing neither. Maybe that’s what I liked about him.

“Do you know Ray?” I asked a quiet blonde guy sitting on the couch.

“I don’t know anyone here, except for my roommate who is off getting laid.” He informed me.

“Lucky him, I guess.”

“I don’t know, I’m talking to you, I think I’m the lucky one.”

“Are you flirting?”

“No, actually I’m Avery.” He smiled.

I couldn't help but laugh. That was so cheesy! He was so strange and dorky and yet I found him so appealing.

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