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Chapter Twenty-Nine: Violet
I woke up the next day after sleeping through my alarm, unable to move my legs without my body screaming in agony. My phone lit up with a text from Chloe asking me to meet her for coffee since I had already missed my class, and I reluctantly pulled myself out of the safety of my blanket to get dressed. As much as I didn't want to leave my room, I was desperate to talk to her about everything that went down with Caleb.
I didn't really care about the fighting with my dad and Selena after. My thoughts were consumed by the memory of him kissing my forehead in front of the team, and how he took over my punishment. It made my heart stumble out of rhythm.
As sore as I was, I couldn't help but admire the way that winter was approaching as I walked to FIX. The campus landscape crew had cleaned up all of the fallen leaves. The ones that remained on the trees were a beautiful array of browns, yellows, and oranges as they ruffled in the chilled breeze.
The quad was busy
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For a moment, I felt like I was embarrassing myself. I sounded like a clingy girlfriend. "I didn't think anything of it either until I saw that she had left her backpack and laptop in the living room. It would be kind of hard to do homework if your laptop and books aren't with you." I threw the stray blades of grass that I angrily ripped from the ground out in front of me. A huff of frustration left me, and I felt defeated. "It's not even about her canceling. It's that since she started dating this guy, she just disappeared. I mean, I'm happy that she is happy, but I also miss her, you know?" A glance over at him had me blushing under his unwavering gaze. "I can understand that. The solution is easy though. You and I will just have to hang out more so that you won't have time to miss her." I couldn't help but giggle. This man had turned me into a weak, pile of pudding. "What if I don't want to hang out with you more?" Was I flirting? Abort! Abort! "Well, then
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