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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weren't together back then-but my heart... my stupid heart had built its own version of the truth, and now it

in a Luke bubble and didn't notice any of them. Veronica, Jocelyn and now

I still loved him. Even now, even after

too much. It was overwhelming and suffocating, and my panic was rising fast, like a tidal wave about to crash over me. I needed to get out of here before I lost control before I hurled my guts

stairs. I needed to escape. I aimed for the steps, feeling the cool night air waiting just

Shit. Josh.

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

It was too late.

plummeted backward. I heard

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swirling in my vision, and then my

sharp and immediate, and then I was rolling-down, down, down, each impact jarring

stopped, everything hurt. My vision was

tried to move, but my limbs

my eyes wouldn't focus. 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 myself up, but it

A voice-distant but familiar. Luke? Josh? I couldn't tell. Everything

something, but my lips wouldn't move. All I could do was lie there, my chest heaving with shallow, painful breaths,

little black dress, one I regretted right now. As far as gracious falls, I think this ranked

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