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“What the hell are you doing, Rae?”
“Um… what do you mean?”
“Hooking up with Jesse?”
My eyes flare and I look back at the doorway to the living room, praying none of the kids are listening in.
“How do you know about—” I inhale deeply. “Aaron?”
He nods. “Since when the hell are you a hook-up girl?”
“I’m not,” I hiss.
“Then why?”
“Because I was hurting and broken. I’d told Aaron I wanted him—”
“And screwing Jesse is a great way to show him that.” He folds his arms over his chest, eyes dark as they cut into me.
I jerk back, blinking, feeling like I just took a slap to the face.
Tears prickle in my eyes.
Could this be more of a wreck?
Insert Chandler Bing impression here.
“Fuck you, Miles. It was one time. Once. One dumbass decision that I’m still trying to figure out how to forgive myself for. Don’t come for me like that.”
“Then why was he leaving your house this morning?”
“Wow. Way to be Team Aaron. You could’ve asked me that to start. Hell,hecould have asked me that.” I shake my head. “Jesse fell asleep there after watching a movie. I put a line of pillows between us on the bed. Joel spent the night too!”
Miles leans back slightly, running a hand through his hair. “Did you tell Aaron that?”
“I didn’t really have a chance, but… no.” I bite my tongue. There’s a reason I didn’t just announce that.
“Why not?”
“Because… Joel didn’t… sleep in my room.”
Miles’s brow furrows in confusion, then realization hits.
“I don’t think anything happened, but—”
He puts his hands up. “No. Nope. I don’t want to know. Ihateknowing about this shit.”
“Then maybe you should keep your opinions to yourself.”
“Maybe I would if you two would actually fucking talk to each other instead of talking to everyone else!”
I glare at him, acting as much like a pissy little two-year-old as I feel.
“Yeah, it’s easy for you to sit back and judge. Come talk to me when you’ve opened your heart enough to love someone in the first place.”
He leans back in his chair, jaw ticking. “You’re right. I haven’t. Because I get it. That shit is scary. But you’resupposedto be the girl who loves hard.” He rests his elbows on the table, leaning forward, eyes locked on me. “You wear your emotions on your sleeve. It’s what makes you, you. Don’t hide your heart now. If you want to be with Aaron, show the hell up. Fight for him. Stop running.”
“Contrary to popular belief, that’s not all I’m capable of doing, and I’vebeenfocusing on myself. None of this is easy. I know I screwed up, but Aaron said he forgave me. Now I’m wondering if that’s true.”
