A Tall, Dark, and Gorgeous Mystery

Chapter Fourteen

Antoinette's POV

"Andi," Tyler whispers next to me. "I love you."

He steps forward and I feel his soft lips on mine. He pulls back and gives me a smile.

I sit up from my bed and gasp, sweat lining my forehead. I set my head in my hands. It was just a dream. A mother fucking dream.

I swear, I can still feel his lips on mine, but it's just imaginary. He never kissed me. He never said 'I love you.' I feel a single tear slip down my cheek. He loves someone else. It was just a dream.

I wipe away the tear and lay back on my bed. I look at my clock and see that it's already three o'clock in the afternoon. I sigh and close my eyes, but the image of him kissing other girls runs through my mind.

I feel more tears slip down my cheeks and stand up. I walk to my bathroom and look in the mirror.

I look like a wreck. The girl in I see in the mirror now, I saw when I found Greyson with Erika. I saw her when my father died in the basement.

I wipe more of my tears away and strip from my clothes. I turn on the shower and step in. I have to lose my feelings for Tyler, but I don't know if I can.

Tyler's POV

I can't believe I kissed Andi. I never thought I would've done it, even if she was asleep. She doesn't know that I kissed her, she doesn't know I love her.

I stand up from the couch and walk to the basement kitchen. I open the fridge and grab a bottle of coke.

I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket and pull it out. I look at the screen.

Jonah: Did you get suspended too?

I set down my pop and sit on the couch.

Me: Yeah

My phone vibrates again and his name appears.

Jonah: What for?

Me: For swearing too much in Berns' office. Are you at school?

Jonah: No

Me: Want to come over?

I set my phone down and close my eyes, waiting for his reply. I really should visit Caroline soon. My phone vibrates again and I pick it up.

Jonah: Yeah. I'll be there soon.

I pocket my phone and sit back, taking occasional sips of my drink, my mind still on that kiss.

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Jonah knocks on the front door and I open it, allowing him in.

"Hey," he says. "Where's Andi?"

"Taking a shower," I tell him.

We walk down to the basement and sit on the couch.

"So," he sighs. "What's up?"

I look at my hands and then at him. "I kissed Andi."

His eyes grow wide. "You did what?"

I sigh. "She doesn't even know I did."

"She doesn't?"

I nod. "She was asleep."

"Wait," Jonah says. "You like Andi?"

I nod once again. "For a while now."

He furrows his eyebrows. "Since when?"

I think about it. When had I started liking Andi? When we first met, right? When had I gained my love for her? A month and a half later.