CHAPTER 10: THE PAIN

THE PAIN

"What do you mean you can't do it anymore?" Serena asked with those judging heterochromatic eyes of hers, watching me slump onto the floor.

"I don't know, I can't - I just can't do this anymore." Crawling up in my bed, I faced down the pillows thinking maybe I could kill myself in guilt and forget to breathe.

"After what you did last night?" She scoffed and fumbled over my expired makeup and lotions in the cabinet. "What are these things?"

She picked up a bottle and sniffed it, causing her to sneeze.

"How did you know what happened to us last night?" With my widening eyes, I asked.

"There were lots of mirrors in that room, I had the urge to take a peek." Rubbing her reddening nose, she opened the bottle and stuck out her tongue.

"That's not food," I chided her before the tip of her literal sharp tongue touched the white cream.

Lie on my back, I stared at the ceiling blankly, and everything that happened last night seemed to flash in my memories.

His warmth still lingered on my