All Chapters of TEN WAYS TO LOSE YOUR INNOCENCE: Chapter 11 - Chapter 20

CHAPTER 10: YOU HAVE A HUGE DICKANNA’S POVThe next day, the cafeteria felt like a graveyard.I sat alone at the far end table, the one shoved against the garbage bins where no one else wanted to sit. The sharp smell of old fries and industrial disinfectant clung to the air, turning my stomach. I poked mindlessly at my pasta, too nauseous with guilt and nerves to eat despite the gnawing hunger in my belly.All I could think about was yesterday.William’s big, warm hand sliding down my waist to grab my ass. The way his thick thigh had pressed between my legs as he pinned me against the lockers, kissing me like he wanted to devour every broken piece of me. The low, hungry groan that had rumbled from deep in his chest when I kissed him back. The scorching heat of his body. The mint and gum taste of his tongue claiming mine.And worst of all Ella. Frozen in the hallway, tears streaming down her face as she watched us. She’d walked away without a word, and I hadn’t chased her. I still had

CHAPTER 12: SURPRISE BITCHANNA’S POVIt took me a solid fifteen minutes in the cool water smiling at every word he said, flinching at every brush of his hands on my skin before I finally snapped back to reality.Thank you, Lord.What the hell was I about to do? Kiss him? Let him fuck me right there in the pool like some steamy movie scene?It’s fake, Anna. Fake. Stop letting him get under your skin.We both turned around to the sound of the pool door opening just to find the janitor walking out with a stroller and mop.I pulled away from William, heart slamming against my ribs, and swam quickly to the edge. “Thanks for the lesson,” I mumbled, not meeting his eyes, “but I really have to go now.”I hauled myself out as fast as humanly possible, water streaming off my soaked uniform in rivers. My shoes squelched loudly with every step. I didn’t dare look back as I headed for the door.Please call me back . Please call me —“Anna!” His voice rang out, needy and desperate in a way that ma

CHAPTER 14: NOT SO FAKEWILLIAM’S POV“Fuck you, Mum.”Those three words slammed into me harder than any hit I’d ever taken in the pool. I jerked back from the tree trunk, heart hammering against my ribs like it wanted out. Leaves crunched under my sneakers as I sprinted to the Audi, breath ragged in the cool night air.I slammed the door shut and gripped the steering wheel until my knuckles went white. The engine purred to life, but I didn’t move. I just sat there in the dark, Anna’s broken voice looping in my head on repeat.What the hell am I turning into?I was supposed to drive off like the responsible fake boyfriend I was pretending to be. Drop her at the fake house, head home, and pick up where we left off tomorrow. Simple, clean and easy.But two blocks away, something in my gut twisted. I turned around. Parked in the shadows across the street like some obsessed creep and watched her drowning in my oversized brown hoodie awkwardly climb through her window. The hoodie had slipp

CHAPTER 16: ELLA’S GOING TO KILL MEANNA'S POVMy face was still burning long after I left the pool area. I kept replaying the moment over and over in my head, how stupidly I had tried to hand Williams his sweater. In my desperate attempt to look casual, I’d muttered “whatever” and tossed it like a frisbee.Well, that didn’t go well. It landed on the floor between us with a pathetic flop. Arghhhhh.The instant I got home, I fell face flat onto my bed, burying my scream into the pillow. “Why do I have to keep tormenting myself?”__________The next morning, the hallway was too quiet. Way too quiet for a regular school day.My footsteps echoed like I was walking inside an empty seashell, each step bouncing off the walls in an unnatural rhythm. Classroom doors stood open, but the rooms were completely deserted. No teachers, no students, no Hive girls cackling by the lockers and worse, no Williams.Where the hell is everybody? Is this some kind of prank? Did I miss a holiday?“Annaaa!”

CHAPTER 18 : MR SUBSTITUTE ANNA’S POV “Nooo–!”I shot upright in bed, chest heaving, heart pounding so violently it felt like it would crack my ribs. Cold sweat clung to my skin, making my nightshirt stick uncomfortably to my back. My breathing came in short, ragged gasps as I gripped the blanket tightly with trembling fingers.“It isn’t real… it isn’t real… it was just a dream,” I whispered desperately, rocking slightly.The images still flashed behind my eyelids, Ella’s terrifying smile, the glinting knife, the camera shoved in my face. I could almost smell her strawberry perfume.“Are you okay, Anna?” Mum’s worried voice came from the doorway. She looked more frightened than I was, her robe hanging loosely on her shoulders, hair messy from sleep.“I… I had this dream,” I stammered, voice cracking. “Ella was there… and I was so scared and—” Hot tears spilled down my cheeks before I could stop them. “I’m sorry, Ella… I’m so sorry…”Mum crossed the room quickly and sat on the edge