Dead Hearts

Chapter 21 - Happenstance

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MARA + THEN 

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Chapter 21

Mara

Then

It wasn’t until I heard his truck start up and drive off in the distance that I realized he would be leaving for college soon.

“Stupid college,” I muttered, pulling at my hair desperately, trying to comb it.

“To hell with it.” I jumped in the shower, feeling suddenly dirty. I scrubbed and scratched every part of my body red and raw, wanting to get rid of Aiden. It wouldn’t work. I still felt him everywhere.

I turned off the water, stepping into clouds of steam. I was still seething. I cleared up the mirror to wash my face, couldn’t see a thing- until I noticed a reddish spot below my jaw- in my neck.

“FUCKING DAMN IT FUCK FUCK,” I screamed loudly, cursing and groaning in annoyance.

The stupid bastard player had left a disgusting, territorial, terribly sexy love bite smack in my neck. It was a bloody red, a ridiculous contrast to the white of my skin. I face palmed myself. How hadn’t I noticed? What was I going to do?

I opted on a side braid, leaving my hair wet. It covered it perfectly. I groaned again. My anger had slightly subsided as I walked out of my bathroom and dialed Luna’s number.

“HOLLA!”

“Luna.”

Her cheery tone turned serious within seconds.

“Mara. Who do I have to beat up?”

I considered telling her that she couldn’t beat anything for her life, but decided to get straight to the point.

“Aiden.”

“I thought you guys were fine? I mean, your mom called me after your date. Said you got another asthma bitch attack, stayed over at Aiden’s.” I could almost see her smirk, picture her eyebrows wagging, suggestive.

“I had a fight with him back at his place, hitched a ride with a hot stranger, ran a few miles, came back home. Realized that Alice and my dear mother had left me stranded with the devil himself.”

I heard her wolf whistle.

“You mad, Mara?”

“Mad doesn’t even cover it.”

“So what happened?”

“I guess I slipped the L word. Then we started, you know…” I felt uncomfortable now. Ashamed.

“You started making out. Got it. Then what?”

I struggled to continue.

“We were on my bed, pretty much half naked and-”

She cut me off with a loud scream.

“OH MY GOD DID YOU HAVE SEX? DID YOU DO IT? HOW WAS IT? WAS HE ROUGH? SOFT? GENTLE?”

I groaned, blushing furiously.

“No, Luna. I cut it off.”

“What?”

“I told him to stop for a second, we got worked up, and I kicked him out.”

“What are we going to do?” she sighed, exasperated.