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The drive back to her building was painful. The car that was filled with music we loved, not even an hour ago, was now filled with eerie silence.

I never liked silence. Silence left me alone with my thoughts. My thoughts scare me. They make reflect on every moment I've shared with this beautiful woman next to me.

They make me wonder what came over me to make me say such harsh and untrue words to her.

I just wanted to do what her brother said after he threatened to ruin my entire career in soccer by telling Coach Velasquez about the worst mistake of my life in my first year of college.

Flashback - 5 AM

I opened my eyes to see that I was in an unfamiliar environment.

I tried to get up, but arms that are wrapped securely behind my head are keeping me in place. I furrow my eyebrows in concentration to try and remember last night and when I do, I start blushing like an idiot.

I turn my head slightly to see the beautiful Klio sleeping peacefully underneath me.

I slowly and carefully unwrap her arms from behind my head and prop myself to roll off of her. Once I do, I stretch my back and make my way to the kitchen.

It feels like I have fucking cotton mouth and I don't know why.

I search the cabinets for glasses and grab the biggest one I could find, filling it up with water from the fridge, then repeating the process about three more times.

When I finish with the glass, I wash it and put it back.

I turn around to go back upstairs and lay with Klio some more, but freeze in my tracks when I realize that Karson is sitting at the kitchen island, staring at me.

"How long have you been sitting there?" I ask.

"You better stay the fuck away from my sister, Galanis." he said, somewhat menacingly.

"If she wants to stay away from me, then she will. Until that happens, you better get used to me being here." I retorted back.

"Kohyn and I don't need a druggie like you around my sister. You're going to break her more than she already is and I'll be damned if you think I'm just going to sit back and watch."

"The fuck did you just call me?" I ask calmly with an angry undertone, taking steps towards him until I was right up in his face.

Since he is a few inches than me, it gives me a slight advantage in being more intimidating.

"You can get in my face all you want, but listen closely when I tell you that if you don't stay away from her by tomorrow, I'm telling Coach about your steroid usage during last year's season." and with that, he turned around and went back to his room.

I can't fucking jeopardize my career for her.

No matter how bad I want her.

I went back to her room and laid directly on top of her and she immediately wrapped her limbs around me and I silently watched as she slept so peacefully.

I just laid there, hoping that after I do what needed to be done, she would someday forgive me and maybe we could be friends.

Someday.

End of Flashback

We made it back to her building and she guided me to the lobby, where my car was parked out front. She was still being so kind to me even though I was so awful to her.

"Klio, I-" I started to speak.

"I really, really don't want to hear it. The next time you have practice, I will have one of my brothers bring your clothes to you in exchange for the ones you're wearing." she said calm and softly. And that was it. She turned around and walked away, leaving me standing in the lobby watching her even as she got into the elevator.

I stood there for a moment longer before I turned around to walk to my car.

When I got in, I lost my shit. I punched everything in sight, getting blood all over my car.

I tried to calm myself down enough drive so I wouldn't end up in an accident, but still ended up driving nowhere and everywhere.

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hi my loves...
IM SORRY. NOW YALL KNOW WHY HE DID WHAT HE DID.
hate myself for this but EET EES WUT EET EES