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“Red,” he breathes, his body going rigid beneath my touch as I lay my hand on his chest.
I don’t know what I’m doing but I can’t stop myself.
It must be the couple of drinks I had, or Raine’s words of encouragement, or maybe for once in my life, I want to know what it feels like to get the boy.
I lean up on my tiptoes and brush my lips over his, kissing him.
I’m kissing Elliot and it’s everything I ever dreamed of.
My heart careens beneath my ribs, my body trembling as I curl my fingers into his black shirt, trying to get closer.
“Abi,” he murmurs, pulling away slightly as I lean in, smiling.
“I’ve wanted to do that for so long,” I admit, opening my eyes to look at him.
But he isn’t smiling.
Not even a little bit.
“E-Elliot?” I whisper.
He steps back, putting some distance between us. “You shouldn’t have done that.”
“It’s not how I thought our first kiss would go either but I—”
His eyes shutter as he inhales a deep breath. When they open again, what I see there makes my stomach tumble.
“Elliot?”
He doesn’t answer me, but his silence speaks volumes.
He doesn’t feel the same.
All this time, I thought he was keeping me at arm’s length because he thinks I’m too pure and innocent for him, it never occurred to me that he might not feel the same.
Oh God.
Tears burn the backs of my eyes as the weight of what I just did crashes down on me. “I need to go.” I spin on my heel and take off toward the front door.
I can’t be here.
I can’t stand to see the rejection in his eyes.
“Abi, wait,” his voice rises above the music. But I don’t stop.
I don’t stop until I burst through the doors and into chilly night air.
My phone starts ringing and I fumble to get it out of my bag. Tears drip onto the screen as I frown at the number.
“Maureen?” I answer. “What’s wrong?”
“It’s your dad, sweetie.” Sadness fills her voice and something inside me cracks.
“Abi,” Elliot booms and I turn around to find him in the doorway looking all kinds of pissed off.
“Abi, are you still there?”
“I’m here,” I whisper, bracing myself for the words I’ve been dreading.
The words I know will change everything.
“I’m so, so sorry,” she says, and I drop the phone, pain shattering through me.
“Abi, what the fuck?” Elliot catches me before I crumple to the ground. “What’s wrong? What happened?”
I meet his cold stare, as I say the words I hoped I’d never have to say.
“He’s dead. My dad is dead.”
