Touch Me While I Taste You

Chapter 16

I took a deep breath and let it out slowly through my punted lip My mind had heen racing the entire day. I know we Wanted me to forget about what happened but I just, couldn’t I tried, I really did. But very single time I think about him, the vene in the cafeteria energes back into my head.

The usual churpiness in her voice had definitely reared back into her tone, yet something was different. The way she looked at me was different. Well the way she avoided looking at the I supposel should say. Even dropping me off she didn’t joke about sex which was a shocker.

Seeing how distant she was being with mm e led to my brain working quickly and putting the pieces together. Whatever Halden said to her had something to do with me, or it involved me at least.

I wanted to confront Häiden, ask him what he said to her but after following M 1. Gibbern, Haiden was yet to be seen.

ihin air. No entilis hak pickup van was in the drive w ithout

My Hlahould just

m alone. At AS though nothing happened, act like there wasn’t a shift in my life recently us because of, hiem

I crumbled the piece of paper, not liking the draft I had just written and cast it inside the small rose-gold trash can at the foot of the desk.

It was night already. The sun had gone down a few minutes ago, leaving the entire world in complete darkness. Only that the light from the street lamps cased the wandering humans who roamed the streets at night.

I loved the darkness, I craved the sort of quiet relief it gave me.

Night is when my brain can finally detach from what happened prior, when I can hear the crickets and listen to the occasional passing cars. But tonight was different. Tonight my brain was runningo n a treadmill and I feared it was going a bit too fast.

Aty brain m

ining on thoughts of

I wished pullime out another piece of pap from the drawer and set it on the smooth surface of the desk. Mr. Horyd wa a good teacher, If you slap the pare elched on his face daily or the grouchiness in his voice that he can’t seem to lessen on. Apart from that, he was considered one of the best in the school

But giving us an assignment on the first day would not carn hien brownie points any time soon, especially from me. I took literature because I enjoyed reading in mi y spare time but pwetry was where my brain skidded to a stop.

I didn’t hate it per se, I just didn’t enjoy reading it. And writing it? Well, let’s just say a migraine was lurking behind my Eyelids.

without it moving you, you must feel it, blah, blah, blah.” I snapped

poetry can kiss my fine 71498.” I

couldn’t afford talajthis,

mother and father on m y back twenty for SVETL i

which one should I write about? Uhhh.”

lour, it’s the afly efnition that’s easier to write

down randomly on the paper. Ironic that a girl who didn’t know anything about lave chose the emotion to write

but still pass because somewhere deep inside he’s a lover of romance. Two I’d cringe myself, write some nonsense and

Fingerlacing

Team

Never loving home alone

Aflip of herleart

he smile

fingers free and my sichichtwist uncomfortably. “I cooled dinner

me?!” She continued to

gripping the pencil tightly. Gertrude worked hall-day todays O mother took it upon herself to cook dinner tonight. I knew it was

can’t do it all by myself!” Her voice grew until they reechoed through the

tomorrow Margie, not tonight.”

the chair and

shut hoping it would drumi out their loud asuing Their volcan HOW fled behind ilhe door and I

be pulled

made my way back to the desk and chair, plopping down with a BILI continued to write, failing to keep my mind off my parents. It’s hard to, when their arguing can still

took in

wished they could

He drew her closer

Filling her with warmth

head lay

They would be more..