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“I don’t have anywhere else I’d rather be,” I said.

He’d ended things with Winona at the party.
Gotten into a fight over me.
Gotten drunk.

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“Mine would be Oriella. She’s a YouTuber I watch all the time. I’d love to pick her brains.”
“I know who she is. You mentioned her to me once, so I looked her up.”

He had a girlfriend. I was his friend, and that was all.

Brougham made me see the best version of myself, the kinder, wiser, more empathetic version I’d always wanted to be. And that was a hell of a lot to gain, which made it a hell of a lot to lose. And I almost had.
I was so scared to lose him again.

“You can lean against me if you need to.”
He didn’t need to be asked twice. His cheek went straight to my shoulder, his hair tickling my collarbone and his breath warm against chest as he began to breath deeply and methodically.

I wondered how Brooke was feeling, seeing these photos of Ray. I wished I could comfort her. I wished even more that I’d never hurt them.

No more locker. No more advice. No more knowing I’d helped people with no one else to turn to.
It was all done.

“Darcy, hey. What’s going on? What happened?”
The sight of his face, concerned and open, made my heart swell. It was the first time all day someone had looked at with anything better than disdain.