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"Your loss. It's so much bigger than Cole's."
"It's good to know you haven’t lost your sense of humor," she says, stopping in the doorway and turning back to me.
"Nah, I'll always be funny, Hads. It's who I am."
"Funny. Riiight."
Shaking my head at her, I lift my hand to push my wet hair out of my face.
"Seriously though, you know where I am if you need me, right?"
I nod at her before she disappears down the stairs. Probably to find Cole and to let him do fuck knows what to her in the gym, exactly as they should.
Falling back onto my bed, I stare at the ceiling once more.
Time.
Is that really the answer to all my issues?
And if it is, how much is necessary? Because I'm already bored of waiting.
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Kennedy
I can’t believe we’re back to this. Conner avoiding me and me growing more anxious by the minute.
After he dropped me back at the dorms Monday night, I haven’t seen him. He texted yesterday to apologize and say that he needs some more time.
Then today, when I texted earlier suggesting we do something fun with our Friday night, like head to the pier or hang out at the pool house, he said he had a family thing.
Irritated, I dial Hadley’s number. She answers on the second ring. “Hey, you.”
“Hey, have you seen—”
Laughter sounds in the background, laughter I’d know anywhere.
“I was going to ask if you’d seen Conner, but I guess you’re part of their family now.” I can barely contain my hurt.
“Kennedy, it isn’t even like that.”
“No? So why the fuck am I sitting here alone, and you’re there with my boyfriend? Can I talk to him?”
“I...” The line goes quiet, and I hear muffled voices.
“K?” The agony in his voice cuts through me like a blade.
“Where are you? What’s going on?” I hate the insecurity in my voice, but this back and forth is driving me crazy. If Conner can’t be with me yet, I understand. What I don’t understand is why he has to continually push me away.
“My dad and Sarah wanted to celebrate their engagement. It was kind of last minute.”
“You’re all there?” Without me? I swallow the words.
Of course they are. Remi lives there, and Hadley stays over there more than she does here.
“I didn’t think...”
“Yeah, no. Of course. You should go be with your family.” The word is like ash on my tongue.
