Back to me. You are mine, aren’t
you? Didn’t you say you loved me?
I tried to nod, but a vortex of
confusion sucked me in. “Uh …
yes. I mean, I guess. I mean …”
I wasn’t sure about anything.
But even if I’d wanted to change
my mind, it was too late. Matt’s hurt
had fanned into full-blown anger.
I guess, I mean, whatever. Fuck
you both. I don’t need a whore
like you, Summer. And no one
needs a so-called friend like you.
He was solidly in Kyle’s face.
And Kyle reacted badly, shoving
Matt backward. Hard enough
to land Matt on his butt. Just
leave us the fuck alone, okay?
I was mortified. Freaked out
that it had gone so badly.
Even more freaked out at how
easily Kyle went off. Crazy.
But that didn’t change how I feel.
Didn’t make me love him less.
In fact, in some perverted way,
it was sort of a turn-on.
EVEN SO
One thing I do know.
I don’t ever want to
make him mad at me,