Page 100 (1/2)

“Just leave h us “I’ve told you what I needed to say I don’t knohat caht could coe fantasy”

I reached out ht her as she walked byher to look up at me with tears in her eyes This wasn’t like Katie, and I wasn’t going to stand by and have her walk out of ain

“Did it feel like a teenage fantasy when I was holdin’ ya like this?” I asked

I pulled her into my chest as she placed her hands on my body

“Caleb, let ’er go,” Andrew said

“Did it feel like a teenage fantasy when I did this?” I asked

I crashed ainst my skin

“Caleb, cut it out,” Dylan said

“Does this feel like a teenage fantasy now?” I asked in a whisper

I tucked a strand of hair behind her ear as a tear wafted down her cheek

“What happened?” I asked “What changed over the course of the last two days?”

“I can’t do this,” Katie said breathlessly “I just can’t I’m sorry”

She pushed out frorasp and turned her back on all of us I watched her walk away, rounding the corner and taking off down the hallway Her heels clicked quickly along the floor until an office door sla, wide-eyed and slack-jawed

“What the fuck was that?” I asked “What the hell happened?”

“She left,” Andrew said “That’s what happened”