Chapter 7 

Michelle

I’m running, and I manage to make it outside the library before tears run down my chin like rain. I wipe them away with a trembling hand and dry my cheeks with my sleeve.

“I’m stupid, so fucking stupid for thinking Maddox could be nice!” I yell at myself and quicken my pace down the street. It’s dark and scary, but I don’t give a fuck

I’m so humiliated.

Why would Maddox pick up the letter and read it out loud?

Why would he do that to me?

What the hell is wrong with him?!

I don’t understand.

My heart is shattering. Of all the damn people to develop feelings for, why did it have to be that idiot?!

He is a big, fucking bully! 1

More tears crawl out of the corner of my eyes. I’m working up a sweat while sobbing in the dark.

Maddox Daniels is a heartless jerk. I don’t understand why the girls at campus love him so much! How could he possibly be popular?!

Well, I do know-girls don’t care about his cold-bloodedness. All they want is his looks and money. He is hot, but fucking hell; he treated me like shit back in the library. 1

But the joke is on me because I thought we were beginning to become friends, and then he pulls this stunt and humiliates me!

I swipe yet another tear with my sleeve.

People pass me on the street. Someone bumps into me, reminding me I’m not safe out here. I quicken my pace, I should probably run. Other people aren’t to be trusted, and I’ve already been raped.

I don’t want it happening again. My heart is racing at the mere thought. Slamming against my ribcage as more scary people pass me on the narrow street. The dim light isn’t powerful enough for me to see their eyes. I

All I see are Cheshire Cat smiles.

Shudders crawl over my skin.

to get out of here

my spine turning tense. Maddox’s face appears above me, and I sigh in relief. He might be a bastard, but I don’t think he would ever

until there was no

His

he goes,

Rude.

don’t want him to leave. I swallow thickly. “Are you going to walk me home?” He peers down at me. “I don’t…

“Michelle.”

I asked you

“You’re mad

come to apologize?” “I-I don’t… Fuck, I don’t know.” “That much is obvious…” The sarcasm in my

in my life, I’m standing up for myself and pulling off the bitchy tone to perfection. I’m

You got this, Michelle.

avoid is looking up at Maddox, and see his

It would melt me.

thought you already knew I

did, but I thought we were

“Becoming friends.”

Silence.

annoying. “Respect?” He blinks slowly as if the word is alien to him and he needs to speak it with freaking caution. It angers me. “Yes! I’m

want me to go through with it, you better listen to me! Don’t read things

urge to yell at Maddox and ask if his parents dropped him as a child or something. Like, what the hell is wrong with him?! But since I’m a prime example of

“Yes.”

Jesus fucking Christ.

a miracle I manage to not raise my voice at

I fucked up by reading that letter.”

get the feeling you’re

that apology? Do you understand what you did wrong or why it hurt my feelings?” “What do you mean?” “I mean, do you even realize why I got upset with you?” “I do… I’m not a total

doesn’t understand… I resume walking, and Maddox sighs in agony. “I said I fucked up; what else do you expect?

at you

because, let’s face it, Michelle: not everyone is nice

I’m just left feeling defeated. Maddox’s confusion wears me down and I can feel my

“No.”

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