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uld breathe again. The stifling heat of the party, the noise, the drin

from the madness and just go back to our dorm, maybe

leaving, my feet stopped. I t

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everyone laugh, being the centre of attention. But I knew better. I saw her when no one

just some mean cheerleader who tormented me in high school. There was s

the threshold, and then without th

the frame, her arms crossed tight. She was watching me again. Not in the way she had when she made that cutting re

't figure ou

at her the same way I'd looked at her in high school,

sn't just the way she treated me. It was the way she was so confident, so perfect,

hing Kate said. But Abby's presence didn't leave me. It cl

to the kitchen to grab another drink. But before I could lea

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n this room do you s

opped. I could fee

ered, trying t

having it. They laughe

n my chest burned brighter. My mind raced what w

th hers for the briefest of moments.

fter everything after all the years of being cruel to me, of

t to admit it. N

d quickly, forcing a

rue. But I had t

hen the bottle

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," Tasha grinned, clea

lked toward the guy next to me. I felt a strange pull in my c

s and I couldn't help but feel something sharp t