Get through Senior year. That's all I needed to do then I would finally be able to get out of Oklahoma.
Head down and keep quiet. That's all I had to do and I would survive. That was my strategy.
Until I caught the attention of the wrong person.
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I closed my locker shut once I pulled out the last required book I needed for Mr. Finsley's class.
Today was going to go very slowly for me due to many reasons.
I was grounded. Double grounded if that was even a real thing.
My dad wasn't happy with me. And not just about going to a party and not letting him know and not returning the same night. But at the sight of Mercer dropping me off and to find out, I spent the night at a boy's house.
I had a limit to my phone but my car was taken away. I was stuck either walking or taking the bus. I wasn't even allowed to catch a ride with Demi if I wanted to.
Speaking of her, I've been avoiding her.
When Mercer gave me my phone back, I had a lot of missing calls from my dad, mom, and text messages from Demi asking about my whereabouts and then some.
I just couldn't help but let how things went yesterday at the party. I take on some of the blame but when I actually think about it, she had some of the blame too. I told her I didn't want to go and in that exact room with the very guy that was playing with her feelings.
She was confusing me at this point.
Sighing, I made my way down the crowded hallway, keeping to myself. My peaceful silence was short-lived when I see Demi walking down the hall in her usual tight wear with her hair pulled up in a loose ponytail.
The concern on her face as she nears rattles something in me but I held up my firm demeanor, repeating to myself that I was upset with her.
"There you are." She breathes, worriedly. "You didn't respond to any of my messages. What happened?"
"A lot has happened, Demi," I murmured, my hold on my books tightening. "But do you want to know what happened?"
She frowns and without a doubt, it's at my tone. Yes, I wasn't going around the bush. She needed to know that I was upset with her and that she was responsible too for what happened at that party. A party she suggested and took me to in her car.
