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.

ground out.” This is so fucking painful Avery, wanting you so badly but cannot have you. You keep showing up makes

eyes soften as I see the internal struggle in his eyes,

hard. “Why

my ribcage, waiting for his response but it doesn’t come until a minute after a tense silence.

I lean toward him. He stiffens. “I’ve never felt this way about any one before, I know you feel it

ahead. He let out what sounds like a sad frustrated sigh

better if we don’t act on it Avery.” He replied

glared. “Then maybe you should stop acting possessive over me because a guy asked if we were dating. Which

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

face. “So what? At least he’s

but he remained quiet and the rest of the ride to the dorm is

I’m biting into my lower lip so brutally I am sure I have permanently left

yet somehow still slow. Every single time I believe I am getting closer to cracking the code, he pulls away

still a stranger, mysterious as he was, he still

for the ride.” I unbuckled, biting my

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