Nico Vaughan, the junior class "Nice Girl" wants to be free from her abusive and obsessive ex-boyfriend.
Valen Henford, the school's resident "Rich Guy meets Bad Boy" wants to spend his senior year with the girl he's been in love with for years.
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"I never wanted it to end this way, my love, my darling Believe me when I say to you in love, I think I'm falling here" (Ozzy Osbourne).
|◁ II ▷|
My phone screen blares at me in the dark, and I fumble with the screen, trying to get the brightness down.
Wednesday, October 30 3:26 a.m.
Damn it.
I've been up for three hours thinking about Nico. Thinking about Hunter. Thinking about my friends. About Rikkard.
I pull myself out of the bed and open up my computer. I click on the English project doc and run through it, making a couple of edits. When I finish, I shoot a quick text to Nico about what I changed, knowing she'll see it in the morning before school.
Nico: /ah thank you/
Nico: /i've been meaning to change that second line but i keep getting distracted/
I call her, confused and worried. Did she have another one of those spells? Does she need me there?
"Hello?"
"Nico, hey," I brush through the greeting. "Are you okay? What's wrong?"
I hear a soft laugh over the phone, and my heartbeat slows. "Nothing is wrong. Why would it be?"
"You're awake."
A brief silence fills the room. "I... I actually had a nightmare. Um, I haven't gone back to sleep yet."
Dread seeps into my thoughts. Then anger at Hunter.
"Could you..." she starts, then clears her throat. "Could you actually talk with me until I fall asleep?"
I smile even thought she can't see it. "Of course, baby."
And so I do.
And when her soft breaths become slightly louder and she stops responding, I end the call and fall asleep myself.
|◁ II ▷|
Rikkard shuts his bike off and pulls off his helmet. "I called you last night at three. You sent me a snap."
I undo my gloves and tuck them into my bag. "Yeah. It was—it was hard falling asleep. I was worried about Nico, but she was awake too, so I called her. Fell asleep on the phone with her. I'm sorry I missed your call, man."
