Bronwen
It is late in the evening as Morana finishes dabbing the concealer on my eye very carefully. It covered the bruising well enough, but it can't take away the swelling. Although it covered the hickey's completely when she wasn't looking. My cheekbone has a big knot on it and around my eyes is super puffy. She uses makeup to try to distract from it but you can still tell that I have a shiner.
“Are you girls ready to go yet?” Alec calls through the closed door.
Bronwen The alcohol stings my eyes, making me cry out. Especially in my bruised eye, which was already sore to begin with. I clutch my hand to my face, tears of pain filling my eyes as I try to blink rapidly to combat the stinging. “Ow. Shit.” “Babe, are you okay?” Suddenly Morana and Alec are by my side, with Morana gripping my face between her hands. “My eyes burn!” I tell her. Alec is inspecting me, but watching the guy and girl over my shoulder.
Bronwen I look at him and I can feel my temperature rising, but not in a sexy way. In an 'I want to punch him in his throat' kind of way. He is actually inspiring physical violence in me. “You said that I am acting like a child?” I ask him, sure that I must have misheard him. Because oh my God, is that the pot calling the kettle black or what! He is standing before me looking sinfully gorgeous in his costume. He came
Bronwen Early the next morning I wake up in Noah's guest bedroom, sprawled across the bed wearing only my underwear. As I lay back and stare up at the ceiling, I think back over everything that took place the night before. Not the Maci & Andras sex thing, because I would love to never, ever EVER have to think of that again for as long as I live. I think of everything else that happened instead. The fight that I had with Andras. Alec sitting us down like we were a couple of children and scolding us, which I am still angry about. The asshole. But mostly it is the fact that he agr
Bronwen I do not even spare him a remark because honestly I am at a loss for words, so I merely push past him, jogging down the stairs. Thankfully it only takes us two trips to get everything loaded up. Noah walks us out and Alec gives him a manly hug, clapping him on the back. He stares at me and since everyone is around, I feel like I can't ignore him. Good manners make me thank him for letting us stay. “Thank you, Noah, for letting us crash here,” I say, somewhat stiffly. I resolved to put my anger and hurt at Andras behind me and now I am doing the same with Noah. I am going to
Andras After Alec, Morana, and I get all the groceries and other purchases put away, I pull Morana to the side. “We need to tell them everything. Tonight.” She looks surprised and a little upset at the thought. “Tonight, but-” “You have mentioned many times that you want to tell Bronwen.” I remind her. She has been talking about it since she met her. She thinks that I need to tell her everything, including my little secret. The one
Bronwen “You ran.” He looks up at me, his big blue eyes full of accusation. “I'm sorry. You growled at me and I thought I did something wrong and you were going to attack me.” I say to him, remembering the fierce growl and look in his eyes. “I am so sorry for that. You touched me on my- never mind. I just lost control for a second. Then when you ran it was my instinct to get you back.” He says, staring up at me. I feel like he is t
BronwenNow that Andras has left me to go to his class after kissing me in the hall, I am opening my locker to take out my notebook when I hear the sound of high heels clicking on the tile of the floor. Giggles and strong perfume turn my stomach long before she reaches me. I hear her gossiping about me from where I stand. Damn, I hate her so much. “Can you believe that he would even be seen with that fat loser bitch?” I hear one of them say.
Bronwen I am lying curled into a ball on my bed later that afternoon when my door bursts open and Andras walks in. He takes in my tear-stained face and red, puffy eyes with a grimace. “I guess your little tryst wasn't as fun as you thought it would be, was it?” “Excuse me?” I ask him, sitting up in the bed, surprised. “When you left the school with Noah. What happened? Did Maci catch you two in the act? Or did he just not measure up