ADRIAN"I miss you too, Maggie," I admitted against every instinct in me screaming to keep my big, fat mouth shut. Turning my hand over, I threaded my fingers together with hers; I couldn't help remembering the night we had spent together before she'd left for Boston. My heart beat too fast in my chest and my dick twitched in my pants and I guess I lost my mind."Maggie," I breathed, leaning down---and she didn't stop me.Our lips met softly with a breath being shared between us as I breathed out and Maggie gasped, breathing in. Even if it was only the air I breathed, I loved the idea of any part of me being inside her. Maggie didn't push me away after a full minute of gentle kissing so I lightly traced the seam of her lips with my tongue. She opened her mouth at my request -a door being opened after someone knocked- and her tongue came out to play with mine. We both strained in a way. I wanted to kiss her deeper, harder, more. I thrust my tongue in and out of her mouth as if I we
MEGHANI ran away to the library without even thinking. I just needed to be somewhere away from Adrian. I couldn't believe what happened back there in that empty classroom.I couldn't believe what I'd let happen.I promised myself I'd never think of Adrian like that after I moved back from Boston, but here I was, kissing him back. And the worst thing of it all is that he had been treating me like shit, and yet I still let him kiss me. All the memories came flooding back when our lips touched. I felt tingles from my head to toe and my body reacted to him against my better judgment. Sane thing happened to me when he touched me a year ago. It was as if I felt helpless in his arms. My body craved him.What the hell was wrong with me?Get it together, Maggie. It's's not too late to fix all this, I told myself.If he kissed me, it meant he didn't completely hate me, right? That meant I could still reason with him. Maybe we can come to an understanding together. We could try not to be cruel
ADRIANBetrayal cut through me as sharp as a knife; I actually wished Maggie had used a knife. Physical injuries could heal up before your eyes. They might leave behind scars, but they wouldn't linger open without healing forever. Inside my head, I felt as if I was already cut open, left to bleed out by the one girl I'd ever really loved. Now she was hanging with my best friend behind my back? Turning him against me too? Wasn't it enough our parents were on her side already? Why did she have to cut me off from everyone?"Back up," Luke snapped, fire in his eyes as he held a hand up to me, "Like Maggie said, man, you've got the wrong idea. We weren't anywhere near ready to start taking off clothes. A guy can be alone with a girl without trying to screw her." "A guy can, sure, but can you?" I bit back, knowing Luke would hate me taking a cheap shot at his player reputation, "Last time I asked you about casual sex, you said 'Why not? Everybody does it.' Do you think little Maggie ther
MEGHANI couldn't say a word as Adrian went off on me, then spilled every detail of what we had done. I stayed silent, avoiding Luke's eyes.Luke acted like he didn't want to judge me, but who knew what he was really thinking. Why did Adrian have to say those things to Luke? It was between him and me!It took me a few minutes to gather myself after Luke left. The fog in my head started to lift when I felt Adrian's hands on my shoulders as he shook me lightly."Maggie, are you listening? I'm asking if we could talk," he said.I looked him in the eyes. He didn't look as angry anymore. I grabbed his hand and then dragged him to my room. Part of me wanted to be angrier with him, but the other part was glad that he was finally ready to talk about everything. This was long overdue."Is it true? Were you really in love with me?" I asked after I closed the door.He stepped back, startled. "It doesn't matter anymore. How I felt about you back then is ancient history now.""So you aren't in lov
ADRIANEveryone was always right except me! What did I do to my parents to make them always, always, always take the other side against me? In some bizarro world, I could blame Natasha's behavior on her trying to live up to the Evil Stepmother stereotype. She might just be hardwired from pop culture to think it was her "job" to be mean to me. I'd buy it except Natasha had never been remotely Evil Stepmother material from the first date she'd gone on with my dad. There was something kind about her I could sense from the very first meeting; she reminded me of Meghan which had always made me think Meghan must have taken her sweetness after her mom.My dad might claim he had issues with me because I looked so much like my dead mother, but what the Hell? He was taking his heartbreak out on me after he'd already moved on? Remarried and started a new life with a new wife? Neither of my parents had any obvious reason to be biased against me. I didn't do drugs, wasn't a terrible student, d
MEGHAN"Meg...Meg!"I didn't even realize Chase was shaking me as I stood there frozen. Adrian was long gone, but I couldn't move from my spot as I tried to process what had just happened.I mean, how could I not realize Adrian had feelings for me? How could I be so dense thinking he only wanted to play around that summer?"Meghan, are you okay?"I came back to reality this time and looked at Chase. He was staring at me with a worried expression on his face. I had forgotten he was here. He was the one who created even more disaster between Adrian and me. When will I be able to catch a break around here?No, I shouldn't blame Chase. Things have been bad since the beginning."Chase, you shouldn't be here. This is Adrian's room. He will be pissed!" I exclaimed."Yeah, I figured as much. The dude seems to get pissed a lot. What is his problem anyway? Is he in love with you or something?" he said nonchalantly.I let out a small gasp but then quickly recovered. "No, no, of course not. He is
ADRIAN "Things didn't go so hot with Maggie, huh?" Luke asked as I let myself into his room. A part of me knew I should knock first, but Luke's family seemed to actually like me so they told me to let myself in the front door anytime; I chose to use the 'welcome anytime' rule to apply to Luke's room, too. The meaner part of me wanted to catch Luke out someday. He'd seen me embarrassed or at my worst, why couldn't I catch him doing something stupid just once? He was a 'cool guy' though and apparently 'cool guys' didn't do stupid things even when they were alone.Her fratboy boyfriend showed up. You'll probably love him. He seems like he's more your type of guy than I am," I said with a bitter edge to my words.Luke rolled his eyes at me, "You realize I'm never going to be into you, right? You're wasting all your emo energy on me since I've put you firmly in Friend Zone Territory." "Shut up, dick," I sniped, knowing I was being a bitch and not being able to stop myself at the same t
MEGHANI leaned into his hand, then jolted back when I realized what I was doing. Again, I was acting like a lovesick puppy just because he was touching me. No, I couldn't let him sway me this much. I smacked his hand off my face."I can do better? And how would you know? Since when are you an expert on my relationships? I have tolerated everything you've said and done so far, but you are going too far. You can't treat Chase like this. You don't even know him!" I said. It was time I defended Chase. Adrian wasn't even giving him a fair chance."What would you like me to do, Maggie? Take him on a fishing trip and spend quality time?" Adrian scoffed.Always jumping to the extreme, this one."No. I am not asking you to be his buddy. But you could at least try to get to know him. For my sake. You still care about me, don't you?" I looked at him expectantly. No matter how hard he tries to push me away, I won't back down.Adrian sighed. "Yeah, look, I do care about you. I am willing to toler