Avery’s pov

My breath catches in my throat and for a second I thought I’d choke on air. I stared at him, eyes wide, mouth hung I am sure awkwardly. I must look like a fish right now. “Xade-

I breathed and the light turned green, causing him to bring his attention back to the road. I frowned as I saw how harder he gripped the steering wheel and how his jaw was set tight.

“Forget you heard that.” He grunted, words biting me more than I could handle. My stomach drops and my heart sinks and I blinked.

And then blinked.

And blinked again. Until that hurt feeling turned into frustrated irritation. “You can’t just joke about stuff like that asshole!” I snapped.

He’s silent, but I know he had heard me, my voice was not only too sharp to not have reached his ears but by the way his demeanor changed, he heard.

When he did not respond I gritted my teeth. “You’re so confusing! One minute you are hot the next you are cold. Make up your mind Xade!”

Suddenly the car swerved and comes to a screeching halt beside the side of the road. He turns to me, breathing heavily and eyes full of emotions that cast too fast for me to focus on one.

He ground out.” This is

the car and the rain turns to a drizzle as we stared at each other. My eyes soften as

hard. “Why can’t

it doesn’t come until a minute after a tense silence. “Because I’m not

feel it too. This,” I stared deep in his eyes, the blue so warm and good

and he hides them away, turning away from me and looking ahead. He let out what sounds like a sad frustrated

don’t act on it Avery.” He replied

stop acting possessive over me because a guy asked if we were

steering wheel groaning as his grip turn deathly. “So he

on his face. “So what? At least he’s not a coward

unclenched but he remained quiet and the rest of the ride

and I’m biting into my lower lip so brutally I am sure I have permanently left my bite mark sinked

somehow still slow. Every single time I believe I am getting closer to

mysterious as he

to the curb outside the dorm and doesn’t turn off the engine. “Thanks for the ride.” I unbuckled, biting

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