Freshman year student Sierra Rachel Grant rooms with a junior in college and soon finds her life tangled with hers. As if spiraling into something she has no idea of isn't enough, secrets are suddenly being uncovered.
Proposals are being made and c...
Chapter song: Stitches by Shawn Mendes _____________________________________________
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I ran a towel through my damp hair one last time before dumping it into the laundry basket. I nervously tugged my short-shorts down and stepped out of the bathroom.
Tyler looked up at me before continuing to make his way to the study table where he was taking out our chicken nuggets and fries into two separate plates.
"Food came. Come on!" I closed the distance between us and sat at the foot of my bed. Tyler made to sit on the bed but I tugged him down.
"Don't get crumbs on my bed!" He rolled his eyes and joined me on the floor. I stuck my tongue out at him.
He chuckled and we started eating. Halfway through mine and Tyler with his last bite, I decided to ask.
"So you really think I'm self centered?" He froze.
"It's okay Ty. I want to talk about it and I want you to tell me everything as you see it." He slowly chewed, swallowed his last bite and pushed the plate away.
"Do you remember our first fight?" He asked.
"The fight over my mom not approving of you, yeah I do." He smiled softly and shook his head.
"That was our first huge fight. Our first fight lasted barely a minute but it was the day I first realized you weren't the bubbly college girl you so desperately tried to sell out."
"It was that time at the dinner when I was trying to convince you to be my girlfriend. At a point, you were looking at me like you were tired of this...huge burden. Like you wanted to talk to me about something. And when I tried to cajole it out of you, you hid behind that wall of anger. In your own words you said, fucking keep loving McKenna! Stop looking at me like you wish to figure me out!"
I flinched. I remembered now.
"At the time I thought I was wrong for prying in the first place so I deserved that anger. And even though I was hurt, you said sorry and everything was just supposed to go back to the way it was."
"Now our first huge fight. You ignored me for days when all I did was worry about you. When I finally came to talk about it you demanded me to leave. You didn't need space Sierra. You knew from the very beginning that you wanted to go against your mother. But I suggested space and you took it because it gave you what you wanted most. To hide. Nothing about what I wanted. And when you finally realized you missed me and wanted me back, you came back."
A sharp breath escaped me. "I-I didn't realize."
"Then Fray's fight. You didn't care as you hauled words at me. Didn't care when you-"
"-broke up with you. I was distracted that day. Hurting. I'd lost you and Tyler...losing people scares me. A lot. So I decided-"
"-to come back. Offer some half assed truth to get me back. Anything to have me back even if it was technically lying. But like always. It was about you so that was fine."
