You’re Mine by Penny Brooks

Chapter 124

Easton

I'm a fucking mess through last period and can't even fucking text Harper to apologize or discuss the whole thing with her mom.

The sick feeling I get in my chest when I think about her not claiming me and of course on top of that the picture.

Fuckkkk, the damn picture. I see Sadie the minute I get out of class and think, oh good, someone I can convince to be on my side, when she smacks me on the ass with her backpack.

"The hell, Sadie!”

“How could you hurt her like that! I thought you trusted her! She was bawling."

Her own eyes tear up. "Really, Easton?

I mean, fucking, really?"

"Keep your voice down."

I grab her by the elbow and bring her toward my locker when Ryan walks up. "Is there a reason you're hitting him?"

"Yes,"

she seethes and looks around us. "He has a picture of Leigh on his phone with her tits just dangling out there and Harper saw it and it was the same day...it was..."

She shakes her head. "That same fucking day you guys decided to get serious, you lied, Easton. AGAIN!”

"Keep your voice down!"

Ryan repeats and shares a look with me. "Sadie, you don't know the whole story.”

Her eyes widen. "You knew?"

"Shit."

Ryan lowers his head. "Look, can we do this in the parking lot at least?

People are starting to stare."

ready to chop his

I'm still on the verge of

and Ryan walk ahead of me, but she jerks out of his embrace and already I feel guilty because I know she's taking sides and is pissed

heading toward Sadie's car, and I know all hell is about to break

A fucking scrunchie?

“You dropped

says, "Good game, thanks for handing me my ass.

and smiles. "Maybe winning first isn't where it's

to kill him. Blood pumps through my body as my nostrils flare. Ryan grabs me before I can run after Blake

quickly. "Look, maybe we should just head out and

You could use it"

yeah I could, but I want to talk to Harper. The minute my eyes search for her again, she's already hopping into Sadie's car and putting on her

She

in while Sadie gives me the finger and burns out

watching, then I blindly crawl into my Jeep and follow him to the pizza place

of pizza before he cracks his knuckles and says, "Tell me everything, like you're a girl on a super dramatic reality show. Then, tell

and stare at my empty

the whole tree thing called the

like that better

"Yes,"

love of God, can we

hands in surrender. "Fine by me, again, it's my sister. If I could bleach my

sure your

second—hand embarrassment

have nightmares of her face for

take a sip of my Coke and lean back in

through me as I explain how much it hurt that Harper didn't tell their parents she had a fucking boyfriend who also happens to be

there and listens, though I can tell I'm stressing him out too because he's had five Cokes and he

he wishes each of the Cokes had

a damn bottle at

sit down and talk. I know why you kept it and I still support it, the picture that is, but she's

He clears his throat.

phone, she can't even communicate with you right now and seeing that on your screen couldn't have been easy after all the lies and

either because girls have this need to stick together like they do when one has to

going to