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She hangs up before I can say another word, and I call her again, but she doesn’t answer.
Grabbing the edge of the pane, I attempt to push it up in hopes that maybe she left it unlocked, but it doesn’t budge.
I’m tempted to break the damn glass, but a loud rustling below breaks my thoughts.
“Easton? Is that you?” It’s Tully.
Shit.I turn around and stare at her. I’ve never been caught coming here before.
“My room is on the other side, genius!” She smiles. “You clearly got knocked around too hard at practice today. Come down before Scarlett wakes up and pepper sprays you.”
“Right.” I climb down, and she immediately hugs me.
“You know, you don’t have to go all ‘Romeo & Juliet’ to convince me to finally fuck you, Easton.”
“Come again?”
“I know you’re trying to be a gentleman and all, but don’t you think we’ve both waited long enough for sex?” She stands on her tiptoes, threading her fingers through my hair. “Everyone thinks we’re doing it anyway, so I don’t see why you’re dragging out the inevitable. I’ve never gone this long without a guy fucking me…”
I blink.
To every other guy at school, Tully is the epitome of the phrase “sexy as fuck.” Her dark brown hair is always pulled into a perfect high bun, her deep green eyes hold a shade of mystery, and she knows exactly how to make minds wander with her collection of tightly fitted dresses and skirts.
When we started dating the summer before our junior year, I wasn’t the slightest bit surprised that we didn’t have much in common except popularity, but I figured we could still have fun together.
We created a joint TikTok account and started posting random “When your boyfriend plays football and you’re a cheerleader” type of things, and then one night we went viral.
Then we went viral again.
And again and again.
Before we knew it, the joint account had three million followers and sponsors lining up to pay us money that I desperately needed.
It was easy money, I enjoyed being around her, but then her sister was paired with me for an AP English project, and within seconds of her saying, “I hope you don’t think I give a fuck that you’re Mr. Popular because you’re just as average as all these other guys.” I liked her.
“I have my reasons,” I finally say to Tully.
“Care to share at least one of them?”
“They’re complicated.”
“Of course.” She smiles, pressing a kiss on my cheek. “I’m making spiked hot chocolate with my mom’s brandy since I need to get some sleep. Want some?”
“Sure,” I say. “Double the shots in mine…”
5
ME
Dear Harriet Rayner,
There were so many days when I wished we could’ve been friends since we shared a love of all things goth and gore. I was thrilled that you invited me to your exclusive Halloween dinner, but there’s a reason why I never showed…I discovered that you were @MissGreyHighAnonymous who spread rumors on social media about everyone at our school. You hurt a shit ton of people, including me.
Wish I Would’ve Told You,
—Scarlett
“Do you really need to rehearse that concerto again?” Kevin crosses his arms in the living room.
