Down the Rabbit Hole (Stuck On You)

Chapter 16: Ready to Talk

"So why are you on this boy detox?" she asked after a week was up. I tried to make it seem like nothing was wrong, but she saw right through it.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I lied. She only rolled her eyes at me.

"Jojo, you've been avoiding Hayden for a week now. I mean, you both dance together at practice but it looks... stiff; like he wants you back, and you don't even want him to touch you," she explained. I only shrugged. "I was never his in the first place," I muttered. We were at her apartment, lying on her bed. She sat up and looked at me.

"That's a god-damn lie and you know it. You two were crazy about each other; even if you didn't want to admit it to yourselves. Why are you being so cold to him?" she said a little louder. I sighed and closed my eyes.

"It started with Sophia," I started. I told her everything. I told her about Fiona and my visit to Lewis' apartment. I told her about the practice and the fight at his car. I told her how I admitted that I was falling for him and his proclamation as well. "I was being naïve, Quinn. We can never be like that... He can never be like that," I finished. She rolled her eyes.

Jojo, just stupid," she said. I looked at her confused. She shook me. "Read the damn signs! He loves you! Maybe he's too afraid to admit it, but he does. Why else would he get jealous so easily, or get so angry, or try to apologize for something that he didn't have to apologize for? He loves you, Jordyn. Just... go talk to him," she said. I sighed and shook my

She threw

of here, right now, and go talk to him,"

at my apartment, I knocked on Hayden's door. He answered it almost immediately. I crossed my arms over my chest and looked at

his hands on my shoulders and

am so sorry, Jordyn. I really am. I wish I'd never done... that. Will you please forgive me?" he

forgive you," I said softly. He leaned forward to kiss me. I turned my face at the last second so that he kissed my cheek. I sighed before I turned to go to my room. Hayden spun me back towards him and I ran into his lips.

I thought he meant sex, but looking at him, I could tell that he meant the literal sense. I nodded. He attached his lips back to mine fiercely. My breathing was starting to speed up. He walked

room, I noticed that he was just in his boxers now. He was lying on the bed watching his TV. I got into the bed and crawled up next to him. His eyes were