PART 2 - CHAPTER 134

JESS

I could feel the tightness in my chest and the creeping heat rising in my throat. Anxiety was clawing at my insides, and it was only a matter of seconds before I completely unraveled. Keep it together Jess.

Not now. Don't lose it now.

Everyone will see how pathetic I am.

My heart and mind were tangled into one giant mess, pounding like war drums, demanding I get out of there. Every breath felt like I inhaled sandpaper, the air thick, suffocating.

I couldn't stay another second.

I need fresh air. This place was suffocating.

I needed to get out and I needed to get out NOW!

I wasn't angry with Luke. I wasn't even sure how I felt anymore.

Luke was making sense. We weren't together at the start or middle of senior year. We had moments, and of course, things happened between us, but we were never exclusive. Hell, he was going to take someone else to prom, so why would I be if he slept with this girl. It was a stupid promise made by a boy to a girl at a party. He never promised to be just, no. He said I was just his... I just assumed...

angry

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heart... my stupid heart had built its own version of the truth, and now

bubble and didn't notice any of them. Veronica, Jocelyn and now Courtney... I was losing

him. Even now, even after everything. But

like a tidal wave about to crash over me. I needed to get out of here before

the cool night air waiting just beyond the doors. Maybe if I could breathe, if I could just get outside... "Jess!" Josh's voice pierced through the

Shit. Josh.

ankle twisted, catching on something-I didn't even know what. My heart lurched in my chest as I felt myself lose balance,

It was too late.

plummeted backward. I heard gasps

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faces swirling in my vision, and then my body slammed into the

and immediate, and then I was rolling-down, down, down, each

I finally stopped, everything hurt. My vision was hazy,

breath felt like knives slicing through my lungs. I tried to move, but my limbs were sluggish and heavy. My head throbbed, and it was like my skull was

It was hard to tell what was happening around me. The music from the club was muffled and distant like I was underwater. I wanted to open my eyes, to pull

familiar. Luke? Josh? I couldn't

tried to speak, to say something, but my lips wouldn't move. All I could do was lie there, my chest heaving with shallow, painful breaths, as I waited for

remembered I was wearing a very flimsy. little black dress, one I regretted right now. As far as gracious falls, I

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