Chapter Ten

I sit in bed, my legs folded beneath me as I continue to binge-watch Netflix, a jar of Nutella perched in my hands.

"Why did you leave school?" Finn bursts through my door, placing his hands on his hips, looking down his nose at me.

I pause my show, flicking my eyes to his. I lick my spoon clean as I shrug.

"Felt sick."

"Bullshit. Something happened with Bentley, didn't it? Or Miles? Since when are there so many guys in your life?"

"Breathe before you give yourself a hernia." I laugh, quirking an eyebrow at him. "And no, I'm allowed to feel like shit sometimes and skip school."

"Physically or mentally?" he asks me skeptically.

"Bit of both, I guess." It is half true.

He sits on the end of the bed, watching me. "What's wrong?"

"I can't talk to you about it," I admit honestly. "You won't get it."

"Try me."

I let out a sigh. "It's about Miles."

"Here we go," he replies, throw