Three years ago.
Jace's POV.
Dunkin's cabin makes this party feel important, I mean, it is important, we just graduated high school and we'll be leaving our parents's houses in a few months and we'll be all alone in the real world.
It's a little bit scary but it sounds ecstatic.
"Where are you going for the summer?" I ask Cass, passing her the joint that we came out here to smoke.
"New York," she takes it from my fingers, "I signed with a really good agency and I think it's time to give modeling my full attention," she says with a lot of certainty.
"What about College?" I shove my hands in my pockets.
"College who?" She places the joint between her lips and sucks in her cheeks.
"Seriously?" I chuckle at her response.
"Nah," she laughs, "I'll take online classes," she tells me.
"You have it all figured out, huh?" I sigh, looking up at the sky that rumbles with thunder.
"No one has it all figured out, plans change all the time," she breaths out a puff of smoke, "And you? Where are you gonna be?" She extends the joint back to me.
"Kansas, my uncle lives there and I haven't seen him in a while," I plaster a small smile.
"I feel like you're just running away from a certain someone," she pulls her puffer jacket to her chest.
"Honestly, I am," I huff.
"Do you miss her?" She twists her lips.
"She's my girl, no matter how much I wanna hate her, I just can't," I answer honestly.
"Aww," she nudges her shoulder with mine.
"Shut up," I kick a rock, embarrassed.
"You can always just get back with her and put it all behind you, start fresh and clean," she advises.
"You know, now that I think about it, I don't think I broke up with her because she cheated, I did it because I wanted her to date someone who's not me," I say.
"But why?" She asks.
"All my life, I've had girls throw themselves at me, making me feel like I could have anyone I wanted, it all got to my head and it made me treat girls like trash, I never took them on dates or to the movies or bought them things, I'd just fuck them, ignore them and then break up with them like it was nothing." I wrinkles my face at my own behavior.
"A lot of guys do that," she points out.
"Yeah but I wanted to do it differently with Olivia, she was special and I needed change but I still found a way to fuck that up too," I say.
"No one's perfect, Jace, the most important thing right now is that you know your mistakes and you're willing to change, you're going to be at a new school soon and no one's gonna know your name or your past, personally, I think that's the universe trying to give you a second chance," she tells me.
"Yeah," I nod in agreement.
"Is that...?" She trails while looking up at the sky, I also look up and a rain drop lands on my forehead like a rock.
"I knew it, I told them it always rained up here," I push off of Diego's car, "Come on," we start heading back to into the house.
As soon as we enter, I notice that everyone looks crazier than they did when we stepped out.
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Tangled Love
RomanceOlivia Conner was only sixteen when she was diagnosed with amnesia, it's been three years and she still doesn't remember half of her life but she's more than okay with that. She doesn't let that dark stormy night define her life, but when she meets...
