The Luna Choosing Game

Chapter 0303

Bridget.

The girl that Julian had said he loved who Nicholas had stolen away from him. This girl in the picture, wearing a bright smile, wedged between Julian and Nicholas, was her.

A younger version than who she was now, but at least I finally had a face to place with the name. Even as a young teenager, she was beautiful, with a head of loose blonde curls, and a big, toothy smile.

Her blue eyes were bright with life and joy.

She seemed the kind of person that lightened those around her, if Nichola s’s and Julian’s easy, matching smiles were anything to go by. Nicholas finished dressing and came closer.

“The three of us were thick as thieves back then.We did everything together.Julian, ever the instigator, led us straight into trouble.Bridget followed him blindly, and I followed her.” He laughed.

“Once, he had her entirely convinced that he found a tunnel that led to the center of the earth.I was skeptical, but Bridget believed anything those days.Julian took us to a cave and we got lost, of course.

We were only missing an hour, but it was long enough for our parents to cause an uproar.

“We stumbled out of the cave and straight into a massive search party.Julian was grounded for three months.I knew he was bluffing the entire time about having found a path to the center of the earth.Bridget, though… She defended him until we all parted ways.

“What happened?" I asked.

“You seemed so close.What could change?” Nichola s’s eyes went distant a moment.

“We grew up.” I waited a moment, but he seemed to be unwilling to give more information than that.

Or he was simply lost in a memory.

Either way, the wall between me and his past seemed thicker than it had before, I wasn’t sure how to sneak past it. “What happened to Bridget?"

I asked. Nicholas startled, like he had forgotten I was there.

I frowned, but tried not to let it get to me.

it was like

just wished he hadn’t been lost on a nostalgia trip thinking of another woman. “We all went our separate paths," Nicholas

the movies…

been willing to spend the money I didn’t have, when ! so desperately needed it for other things like food and rent. But now that Nicholas mentioned it, I did faintly recognize her face, likely from

but I could easily believe that much. I wondered how many other hearts she’d broken along the way.

eyes were on me, his smile

from the nostalgia trip that had claimed him only a few minutes ago. This untangled

part of their past lives, they had all

any pictures of me in this room. Okay, maybe it still

He hesitated,

The door

Nicholas

as I reached

deep wells, showing a

was still stuck in the past, or maybe he was

I couldn’t really tell.

something we would both come to regret, since we were who we were. “Piper, I – I placed my fingers to his

his affection for me, I didn’t know if I would be able to hold myself back. “We have

otherwise.” He pressed a soft kiss to

who?”

away. “Piper “I’m serious,

steal moments here and there, but we’ll

name and a life, it

“It doesn’t have to.”

“But it will."

so sure of

“At least for me."

I licked my lips.

want to admit my own feelings, but if I did, maybe he would

you, we shouldn’t fool around

snapped shut, but his gaze bore into me like he could see deep

saw, pained