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And what made it worse were the feelings she hadn’t had in years. Painful feelings she thought she was long since past. Like a creeping vine, poisonous and smothering, loneliness slithered in, wrapping around her and planting old doubts in her head.

Who was she without Gavin?

Her dad wasn’t her dad, he was Gavin’s. Her mom didn’t want her; she made that evident time and time again throughout her life. If it came down to it, Ebony knew Whitney would choose Grant every time.

Somewhere along the way, she must have made a mistake. Because now she was right back where she started: a sad, lonely girl forced to wear a smile she didn’t feel. A stranger in her own home.

How had it come to this?

She blinked at the ceiling, willing herself not to cry.

It didn’t work.

Chapter ten

Posted by u/ItsAlwaysTheQuietOnes

Title: Did Sienna just soft-launch Gavin? [eyes emoji]

u/CrabQueen03:

I KNEW something was off. Gavin and Ebony haven’t been acting like themselves at all. I swear they barely even look at each other now.

u/NoThoughtsJustDrama:

Yeah, the vibe is off. She used to sit with him at lunch. Now she’s always with Taylor or Cameron.

u/CaffeineAndViolence:

I saw them in the same hallway between second and third period. He looked at her. Like...lookedat her. But she didn’t even glance back.

u/NewUser_89:

So back to Sienna. That post was definitely calculated. The beach pic? The arm around her shoulders? Baby, I know what shade is when I see it. And she was throwing some serious shade.

u/CrabQueen03:

He didn’t even look happy in the photo. Deadass, looked like someone photoshopped his face on.

u/ItsAlwaysTheQuietOnes:

He’s not smiling in any of the pics. And youknowGavin always smirks at least.

u/WhereIsTheLie:

This is so weird. Like he picked the first girl who was convenient and loud enough to tell people she was with him.

u/NoThoughtsJustDrama:

Sienna keeps tagging him in her stories and he hasn’t repostedone. And OMG don't even get me started on the disaster that was the last student council meeting.

u/CaffeineAndViolence:

Lowkey felt like everyone in that room was holding their breath. Gavin just sat there saying nothing while Ebony took the lead. It was painful.

u/NewUser_89:

So, we all agree they’re not speaking?