in
his arms
Chapter
22
I crawled in through my
window, being as soundless as possible. I snuck Anthony one last
kiss from outside the window, and shut it almost all the way.
I kept the light off as I changed out of the wet, sandy clothes
and into dry, clean ones.
I pulled out my bucket list and crossed off everything I’d
done that night.
7. Sneak out
of the house.
11. Go skinny dipping.
15. Have a picnic.
21. Kiss in the
rain.
As I was putting it away,
there was a gentle knock on the door.
“Come in.”
Morgan stood in the doorway, her hair a raging mess and her eyes
smudged with last night’s makeup. “Where have you
been?”
“What?” I breathed.
“Where have you been?” she repeated. “I came in
here earlier tonight looking for you. To make sure you were still
breathing. And you’re gone.”
I looked her straight in the eyes, and I knew I couldn’t
lie to her. I’d never lied before; I hadn’t done
anything worth lying over.
“Anthony came around. He wanted to spend a little time with
me.”
She rolled her eyes and shrugged a hip. “Kaitlyn, you
can’t sneak out like that.”
I sighed and threw the sopping wet clothes in the corner. She
followed them with her eyes. “Why are those clothes
wet?”
“We went swimming too, okay?”
She buried her face in her hands. “Kail, do you understand
how sick you are? You can’t do that! You could’ve
passed out or gotten an illness. You need to know your own
body—“
“Stop trying to act like my mother, Morgan,” I
grumbled. “You’re my sister, not my mom.”
“Well someone has to be.”
“I’m fine on my own.”
“You don’t have to be alone though, Kaitlyn. You have
Aidan and I, and Anthony. We’re here for you. You seem to
be stuck on the fact that you’re completely alone, that you
have to do this alone. You’re allowed to have help, you
know.”
“I don’t want it. I’m fine.”
“You’re not!” she exclaimed. “Look at
you! You’re always picking fights with me and you never
even talk to Aidan anymore. He used to be like a brother to you.
I was your best friend and now I feel like I’m walking on
eggshells when I’m around you. And you’re hanging out
with some boy who sneaks out of the house doing
God-knows-what—“ She stopped short, eyeing me.
“You didn’t drink or so drugs, or anything bad
tonight, right?”
I felt my face grow red. “No.”
“You’re lying.”
“I’m not.”
“Did you get high? What did you do?”
“Nothing.”
“You did smoke! I knew it!”
“I lost my virginity, okay?” I breathed, and as I
said the words aloud for the first time, it hit me how real they
were.
Her eyes widened as she staggered back, like she’d just
been hit. “You know, Kail, I can’t help you unless
you want to help yourself,” she told me.
“Well, lucky for you, I’m going back to the hospital
tomorrow. You won’t have to deal with or worry about me
anymore.”
She sighed heavily. “That might not be a bad
thing.”
So
this chapter and like the next six chapters are really super
boring. Sorrry.
& I finished writing the story yesterday. It's 65
chapters long. So it'll be a while before you read the end
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*I don't notify, please
don't ask.*