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Drew glances at me over his shoulder. Not long, I guess.
“Hey,” he says.
“Hi.” I sit up, clinging to the bedsheet as I realize I’m naked. “Good morning.”
Drew grabs my tank top off the floor by his feet and tosses it to me.
“Thank you,” I say as I pull it on. He stands up, now dressed and... looking ready to leave. “You have somewhere you need to be?” I ask.
“Yeah,” he says.
“Are you going to go talk to Brick about getting a new room?”
“Maybe.”
I hop out of bed to fetch my shorts. “Well, let’s get some breakfast.”
“Heidi.”
“She might not seem like the type, but Jenna is the crepe master. She probably won’t mind making some.” I chortle. “Not like she has a choice right now, you know what I mean?”
“We need to talk.”
My chest lurches, but then I breathe a laugh. “Is this another one of those times when you accidentally make that sound really scary?”
Drew doesn’t laugh. He shakes his head.
“Oh,” I say, holding still. “Okay...”
He shifts on his toes. “I can’t be here anymore,” he says.
I wait to see if he’ll say more, but he doesn’t. “All right,” I say slowly. “I mean, we knew this was a temporary situation. It’s not like I expected you to move in here or anything.”
“No, I can’t...” He stops, and the air grows even heavier around us. “I don’t know if I can... be here anymore.”
I don’t move. I barely think. I let the words repeat in my head, trying to understand them, but they dissipate just as quickly.
“Oh,” is all I can manage. “Why?”
“It’s complicated,” he says.
“Did I do something wrong?”
“No, I did,” he says. “I did something wrong and... I’m not sure how I feel about it.”
I’m almost too scared to ask. “What did you do?”
Drew looks at me, his eyes so dark and heavy. “This,” he answers, swallowing hard. “You and me.”
“You and me?” I repeat. “What does that mean, exactly?”
“I met you, and... I wanted you. I wanted all of you. I knew it was wrong, but I didn’t care. I should have cared. I shouldn’t have been so selfish.”
I furrow my brow, barely following his words. He looks at the floor, looking just as confused as I feel.
“Is this because of that crap Seth said?” I ask. “About how you corrupted me? You know that’s bullshit, right?”
He hesitates. “Is it?”
