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being stabbed so many times has tainted me. In the end, I let my insecurities go. “I love them both, so much. And it literally kills me knowing that I’m upsetting them.” My throat feels smaller, like it’s closing in on me, but I swallow the knot. “I don’t get why I’m in this curse. I mean, why me? Who am I? Why am I so special ?
“I’m some loser girl from a random town in a small state who had one friend. Then Ollie showed up, and I felt loved, like someone actually cared about me, for me. But of course, it had to be some curse.
“Sometimes, I think they only care because of the curse. Like it’s not me they love, but they’re forced to love me because of the spell or whatever. I just wish I was normal, human.” I bury my head in my hands, astonished at my verbal word vomit.
I’m not looking at Professor for fear of the look on her face, but after a long pause, the seat next to me dips down, and I know she’s there. Her arm rests on my back, urging me to look up.
“I’m so proud of you for telling me all of that. And I promise, you are special. I will help you figure all of this out, I assure you. We will work through this, but you’re doing the best you can with the hand you were dealt, and you are a strong girl.”
And my composure is shot. Tears stream down my face, steadily getting heavier and heavier. “Thank you,” I tell her between hyperventilated breaths.
“I haven’t done anything yet.”
“That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. And I guess, I’ve just never told anyone. I feel weightless, free. Like someone actually understands how I feel.”
She nods with her big eyes only on me. “Do you want to call it a day? I think you deserve a break.”
“Do you think we can talk more?” I even surprise myself by the question. Letting it all out feels cleansing. I feel like my soul just had a breakthrough. And I barely even scratched the surface.
“Of course,” she tells me, and mid cry, I smile.
After unlocking the door to my room, I jump on my bed and collapse into it, letting a sigh roll out. Day one is finally over. I can’t believe I made it through the day without too many issues. I snuggle into the pillow, wanting to take a nap and decompress, but I can’t seem to get comfortable. I decide to take a shower to relax before the girls come over for the sleepover.
I turn on the shower, hot of course, and then start undressing in front of the mirror. I glance at the scar on my shoulder left from my trip into the Underworld—the only reminder of it.
Rubbing it, I focus all of my attention on the one tiny white strip. That was probably the best trip of my life. I’ll never take that time with Ari for granted. I can’t believe he would cheat on me. I pray it’s all some big misconstrued lie. But I saw—
“Hey,” a deep whisper says very close to my ear. I jump back, readying my fists to cram into whoever’s face it is, when I recognize the jade eyes.
“What the hell are you doing here?” I yell out, grabbing my towel off the counter and attempting to cover myself up. I grab him by the elbow and drag him back into my room and lock the door so nobody can sneak in. “What?” I ask him again, putting on my angry face.
“Can we talk?” he asks, his hypnotic eyes boring into me. I gesture for him to go ahead, a frustrated look glued to my face. “I’m so sorry that you came in at the worst time possible but nothing happened. I swear to you, nothing will ever happen again. She was trying to get me to hook up with her. She all but stripped for me—“
“I don’t need to know that!” I interrupt him, not wanting to listen to how she was naked in front of him probably flaunting her perfect, tall, skinny body. I shove my fingers into my ears so I can’t hear what he’s saying. I know I look dumb but I don’t even care at this point.
“No, god, Eury. She was trying to, and I was trying to get her out, because I
“I’m some loser girl from a random town in a small state who had one friend. Then Ollie showed up, and I felt loved, like someone actually cared about me, for me. But of course, it had to be some curse.
“Sometimes, I think they only care because of the curse. Like it’s not me they love, but they’re forced to love me because of the spell or whatever. I just wish I was normal, human.” I bury my head in my hands, astonished at my verbal word vomit.
I’m not looking at Professor for fear of the look on her face, but after a long pause, the seat next to me dips down, and I know she’s there. Her arm rests on my back, urging me to look up.
“I’m so proud of you for telling me all of that. And I promise, you are special. I will help you figure all of this out, I assure you. We will work through this, but you’re doing the best you can with the hand you were dealt, and you are a strong girl.”
And my composure is shot. Tears stream down my face, steadily getting heavier and heavier. “Thank you,” I tell her between hyperventilated breaths.
“I haven’t done anything yet.”
“That’s the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me. And I guess, I’ve just never told anyone. I feel weightless, free. Like someone actually understands how I feel.”
She nods with her big eyes only on me. “Do you want to call it a day? I think you deserve a break.”
“Do you think we can talk more?” I even surprise myself by the question. Letting it all out feels cleansing. I feel like my soul just had a breakthrough. And I barely even scratched the surface.
“Of course,” she tells me, and mid cry, I smile.
After unlocking the door to my room, I jump on my bed and collapse into it, letting a sigh roll out. Day one is finally over. I can’t believe I made it through the day without too many issues. I snuggle into the pillow, wanting to take a nap and decompress, but I can’t seem to get comfortable. I decide to take a shower to relax before the girls come over for the sleepover.
I turn on the shower, hot of course, and then start undressing in front of the mirror. I glance at the scar on my shoulder left from my trip into the Underworld—the only reminder of it.
Rubbing it, I focus all of my attention on the one tiny white strip. That was probably the best trip of my life. I’ll never take that time with Ari for granted. I can’t believe he would cheat on me. I pray it’s all some big misconstrued lie. But I saw—
“Hey,” a deep whisper says very close to my ear. I jump back, readying my fists to cram into whoever’s face it is, when I recognize the jade eyes.
“What the hell are you doing here?” I yell out, grabbing my towel off the counter and attempting to cover myself up. I grab him by the elbow and drag him back into my room and lock the door so nobody can sneak in. “What?” I ask him again, putting on my angry face.
“Can we talk?” he asks, his hypnotic eyes boring into me. I gesture for him to go ahead, a frustrated look glued to my face. “I’m so sorry that you came in at the worst time possible but nothing happened. I swear to you, nothing will ever happen again. She was trying to get me to hook up with her. She all but stripped for me—“
“I don’t need to know that!” I interrupt him, not wanting to listen to how she was naked in front of him probably flaunting her perfect, tall, skinny body. I shove my fingers into my ears so I can’t hear what he’s saying. I know I look dumb but I don’t even care at this point.
“No, god, Eury. She was trying to, and I was trying to get her out, because I
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