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I run my hand through my hair. “We were just hooking up.”
“You and Prescott,” Rei muses, shaking her head. “I guess now that I look back, things are slowly starting to add up.” She sobers. “Does he know?”
“Yeah,” I nod. “He knows.”
“And?” Penny urges. “What did he say?”
“Nothing. Prescott and I…” I shake my head. “It was just a fling. Temporary. That’s all we ever could be. Temporary.”
I don’t miss the look Grace and Rei exchange.
“I thought we agreed not to make this weird?”
“We did, but…”
“But nothing. Prescott and I aren’t together. We never really were, so there’s that.” I let out a shaky breath. “I’m sorry for snapping. It’s just…”
“It’s fine,” Grace reassures me.
It’s not, but I don’t have it in me to contradict her.
“Can we please do something normal? Something that has nothing to do with cancer and random hookups?”
Or broken hearts.
At that moment, my stomach decides to let out a loud growl.
“Hungry?” Penny asks, chuckling.
“Maybe a little bit,” I admit. “I wasn’t really in the mood for food before.”
“How about we order something in? And then we can spend the rest of the afternoon lying here and watching Netflix.”
“Yes, please.” My stomach lets out another groan. “Although, maybe I should get something while we wait.”
“I’ll pick the movie!”
With a slight smile, I start to get up. Grace jumps to her feet, offering me her hand.
“We’ll get through this,” she whispers.
I nod, hoping that she’s right.
Hoping by the end of this, I won’t break any more hearts besides my own.
CHAPTERFIVE
PRESCOTT
“No.”
A loud sob follows the statement. I look over my shoulder to partially closed doors where our parents went to talk to the doctors.
Dread spreads through me as the soft whimpers grow louder, making my stomach clench.
I tilt my head to the side, trying my best to overhear the soft murmuring, but it’s impossible to do so from all the machines beeping around me.
“There has to be something that you can do!” Dad yells loud enough for us to hear him.
