My Hockey Bully Stepbrother
Looked up at me with those eyes she used when she wanted something, soft, slightly wounded, perfectly calculated.
"Stay with me," she said quietly. "Please. We haven't talked properly in days."
I looked at her for a moment. Then I said, "Go."
"Crew…"
"I'll call you later. Go."
She held my gaze one more second. Then she let go of my arm and walked away, and I turned and kept moving without looking back.
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POV: Summer Winters
"No but you don't understand," Ruby said, grabbing my wrist and pulling me down the corridor like the building was on fire. "I have been holding this in since third period. Third period, Summer. Do you know how long that is? That is psychological warfare."