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I blink a few times. That can’t be. They’re thick as thieves. Pun intended.

Carmelo shoves him and I pull back as I watch on. Then Julian grabs Carmelo by the neck of his shirt and I don’t know, maybe starts choking him? I look over at Parks and I don’t see it coming but I should, because what happens next is typical her.

She runs straight into it. Pushes her way through the growing crowd to get to Julian, climbs on a table so she’s taller than him and then she grabs his face, turning it towards her.

You know when you’re drunk how there’s that point of no return, where all you can really do is embrace that you’ve fucked it, feel the sick roll up through you and chunder the night away?

I feel the sick.

How’s she like this? I don’t know why she does it. Runs right into the eye of storms like she likes it in there — likes the drama, likes the danger — and my whole life, I’ve run right in after her. But I’m not chasing her this time. Not with her looking at him like that. Like it’s not just naffing, likes there’s feelings there that she doesn’t know about yet, like the flower’s taming a new fox. She’s standing there on that table with her hands on his chest, calming him down like you would a spooked horse and fuck it, I’m out of here.

I can’t watch this. Not again. Can’t call it with Jordan anymore either, because fuck Parks with her hands on his chest, with his hands on her waist like she’s his and not mine, like she might actually be his and not mine. I can’t fucking do it again.

So I grab Jordan’s hand, tug her towards the door and slip out. Kiss her stupid up against my car. She doesn’t stop me. Holds my face, kisses me back, escalates things more with how she does it too. Hand up my shirt, tugging at my jeans.

I grip her waist like I don’t even want to, press my body against hers like it’s the right one and we move it into the car.

And yeah, I’m falling back into the territory of old habits and revenge fucks, but Parks doing it again, so why can’t I?

Gus

10:16am

Guess who I saw last night…

Who?

Jack Giles

Oh yeah?

How was he?

Well.

He said you guys aren’t dating anymore?

Yeah

Was he by himself?

He was with myself and Julian and Daisy.


He fucked someone else.

Shit.

I’m sorry.

It’s ok xx

Did he look ok?

Better with you

Liar

Lunch this week?

Please please

Love to

I’ll take every chance I get to ogle Julian Haites.

Honestly, me too.

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