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THE DAMAGE

CHAPTER SEVENTY ONEDAN'S POV“What did you guys share?”My heart dropped hard when I heard that. Kenz stood right there in the doorway staring at both of us like he had just walked into something he was never meant to see. His face looked pale but his eyes were full of anger mixed with confusion and a whole lot of hurt. I knew exactly what he had overheard and there was no point pretending otherwise.I opened my mouth and tried to get something out.“Kenz…”He looked at me first then shifted his gaze over to Toria and then back to me again.“What did you guys share?”His voice came out louder this time and it made the air in the room feel heavier. I swallowed and forced myself to answer.“It’s not what you think.”His laugh was quiet and there was nothing funny about it at all.“It’s never what I think.”“Kenz, just listen to me.”“Listen to you?”He stepped further into the room and kept talking.“First it was Ethan.”My chest tightened the second he said that name.“Now Toria?”“To

TOO MUCH FUN

CHAPTER SEVENTY TWOTORIA’S POVI barely slept last night. Anytime I closed my eyes, I saw Kenz’s face. The face he had on when he walked into me and Dan’s conversation. Betrayed. Confused. Shocked. Like he couldn’t decide which one hit him first.My suitcase was already packed by the corner edge of my bed. I kept staring at it like I was in a staring contest. My head was filled with nothing but the thoughts of me betraying my best friend.I slept with his ex.And now Dan was in the middle of it somehow too. I couldn’t stop replaying the second Kenz’s eyes found mine. The way the air changed. The way everything I’d been trying to bury just sat there in the open.I kept telling myself it was one night. That it didn’t have to mean everything. But at three in the morning, with the suitcase staring back at me, it felt like the only thing that meant anything.I took a deep sigh and paced round the four corners of my room.I was actually leaving New York. And the thought hadn’t really dawne

THE EMPTY SPACE

CHAPTER SEVENTY THREE KENZ’S POV I woke up much later than I usually did. For a few seconds I just stared at the ceiling trying to remember why my chest felt so heavy. Then everything came back. Dan. Toria. The conversation. The betrayal. I closed my eyes again because I did not want to think about any of it. I reached for my glasses on the nightstand and slowly sat up. My room was unusually quiet. No footsteps outside. No Toria knocking on my door. No stupid voice asking if I was awake. Nothing at all. I rubbed my face before getting out of bed. I needed water. Maybe food. Maybe just something to distract my mind from the mess that was still sitting in my head. I walked downstairs slowly. The moment I reached the living room I noticed something right away. Her suitcase was gone. I stopped walking and stared toward the spot where Toria usually left her things. It was completely empty. For some reason seeing it made everything feel more real. She was actually gone. I knew sh

YOU NEVER WANTED ME ?

CHAPTER SEVENTY FOURFIONA’S POVSomething was definitely wrong with Kenz. For days, I’d texted and called him, but still. None of them were responded to.At first, I assumed he was busy. Then I thought I annoyed him. My head was filled with thoughts on why Kenz didn’t return any of my calls or texts. He never ignored me, not like this. I took a deep sigh and stared at our chat for a minute. My last message was still sitting there.Are you okay?That was it. I was still left on delivered.I took another sigh and tossed my phone onto my bed. Today was a new day. If he wasn’t going to answer me, I’m going to find him myself.“Fuck, I have to be at Mum’s appointment.” I said, while pinching the bridge of my nose.I picked up the tossed phone from my bed and texted my mum. I wasn’t going to make it today. And even though she was more important, I needed answers.I can’t make it today mummy, I have school work. Love ya.Now that was over, I needed to be at the Alexis house soon.I grabbed

THE THINGS I NEVER MEANT

CHAPTER SEVENTY FIVE KENZ’S POV The second Fiona walked through the front door I knew I had gone too far. I sat on the edge of my bed for maybe three seconds before I got up and ran after her. “Fiona!” She did not stop. I hurried down the stairs and pushed through the front door just as she reached her car. “Fiona, wait.” She stopped with her hand on the door handle but she did not turn around. I slowed down trying to catch my breath because running after her like that left me a little out of it. “Please.” She finally turned. Her eyes were red and that alone made my stomach twist hard. “I don't have anything else to say to you, Kenz.” “I know.” She looked away and I felt the weight of everything I had said earlier pressing down on me. “I shouldn't have said those things.” “You shouldn't have.” “I know.” There was no excuse I could give her. I had called her pathetic. I had told her I never wanted her. I had said things I knew would hurt because I was angr

YOU’RE EVERYWHERE

CHAPTER SEVENTY SIXDAN’S POVThe moment I saw Kenz standing outside with Fiona, something in me dropped. I didn’t stay long enough to hear what they were talking about. I turned my back and left.I needed to leave. I couldn’t stand seeing Kenz looking this way.His hair was messy, like he hadn’t brushed it in weeks. He had on a robe with stains of pepperoni on it, and dark circles sat beneath his eyes. He just looked very… different.He hadn’t stepped out of his room since Toria left. And I knew I was the cause of that.Sometimes, I’d hear his door open late at night, but by the time I looked down the hallway, he’d already disappeared again.I left the house as soon as possible for the gym. Maybe that would ease the battle going on in my head. It usually did. Whenever my head got too heavy, I could always run to the court and forget about everything else.The drive to the gym was nothing but an instant nightmare. It was usually a fifteen minute journey, but today, it felt like an hou

THE SILENCE BETWEEN US

CHAPTER SEVENTY SEVENKENZ’S POVI didn't know how long I had been sitting on the floor beside my bed. At some point the crying stopped, not because anything felt better but because there was just nothing left in me to come out. The room had gone quiet again, the kind of quiet that sits heavy when you are alone with your own thoughts. Fiona had left almost an hour ago and I still hadn't moved from that spot.Her words kept circling around in my head. There's never been a time when I didn't want you. I hated how those words made guilt settle in my stomach. She hadn't deserved the things I threw at her. None of it. I had been angry and frustrated and confused and somehow she turned into the easiest person to take it out on. I rubbed my face with both hands and let out a long breath. Everything felt like it was piling up at once. Toria leaving. Ethan. Dan. Fiona. And somehow every single piece of it seemed to loop back to the same person. Dan. I hated that. I hated how even when I tried

YOU CAN'T RUN FROM EVERYTHING

CHAPTER SEVENTY EIGHTYOU CAN’T RUN FROM EVERYTHINGDAN’S POVThe first thing I did when I woke up was reach for the lamp beside me. My hands searched the nightstand automatically, but nothing was there.I frowned and opened my eyes. My gaze went straight to the side of my bed, but still, I couldn’t find anything there. I stared at the empty space for a few seconds before I remembered.I was in Boston, not New York.Back home, I’d always turn on the lamp by the side of my bed before I opened my eyes. But today, I didn’t.I slowly sat upright and rubbed my face. The environment felt unfamiliar. The walls were different, the paintings looked… cheap.Different sounds were coming from outside.Everything just felt strangely quiet. I didn’t feel this way while I was in New York.I looked around the hotel room. My bags still sat at the front, unpacked. My basketball shoes were at the edge of my bed, while my hoodie was beside me.I hadn’t unpacked anything since I arrived.I just didn’t fee

NO WAY OUT

CHAPTER SEVENTY NINE DAN'S POV My eyes stayed fixed on the message. You can’t run away from your problems forever. For a few seconds, I completely forgot where I was. The voices around me slowly faded into the background until they became nothing more than noise I couldn't make sense of. Jason was still beside me, talking about something I hadn't been listening to, while a few of the guys laughed near the front of the bus and the tour guide continued speaking as though the entire world hadn't suddenly stopped moving. But it had, at least for me. My fingers tightened around my phone as I stared at the screen. Who the hell was this? I clicked on the number, hoping there would be something that could explain why it looked unfamiliar. There wasn't. No profile picture. No name. Just a number sitting there like it had every right to interrupt my life and disappear behind a screen. Without thinking twice, I pressed call. The phone rang once, then twice, then a third time. Nothing.

CAN HE TELL..?

CHAPTER EIGHTYKENZ’S POVI was getting ready for class before my phone started ringing. I picked it up from my bed and glanced at my screen. And of course, it was him. Dan.I had ignored all his texts and calls ever since what happened. And today he was calling me. For a few seconds, I just stared at his name. I didn’t want to answer, not after everything that had happened. What could he possibly want from me? My phone kept ringing. I sighed, then finally answered.“Hello..?”He didn’t say anything at all.“Hello..?”Nothing again. A few seconds passed and it was still silent. He finally broke the silence.“Hey.”That was it. Hey? Tch. After everything he put me through, he just called to say hey?My jaw tightened before I answered.“What do you want, Daniel..?”Those words came out harsher than expected. He didn’t answer immediately. I could imagine the expression he had on his face. The look he always gave when he felt disappointed in himself.“I-I just wanted to see how you were d

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