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Alas, my shitty insurance will cover none of the hospital stay. It would be cheaper to stay at the Ritz Carlton, than at the hospital. Not to mention, the hospitals are currently all overrun.

“Raven, you can’t leave this house. You have to stay here. It’s dangerous out there,” Milo says, as if reading my thoughts. He waves his hand in front of my eyes, blocking my view of the door.

“Shut up.”

“Great comeback. I expected something more original.”

“Go choke on a dick. How is that for originality?”

“Heard it way too many times. It was Reid’s favorite line against me, when he was a teenager.”

“So it’s a classic,” I retort.

I try to get up, but Milo’s arms immediately tightens around me.

“Can you please let go? I’d like to go change and shower, before the entire family gets here.”

“I am not ready to let go yet. I missed this way too much. And they won’t be here for a while, if you want to…”

“Ew. No thank you. You got what you wanted. Now please get off me.”

“Ew? I don’t think that’s what you were saying…”

“Yea yea. You can get me off just by looking at me. Great, you made me orgasm and passed it off as consent. Good for you. I have heard all this shit before. I would like to go shower and get your smell off me.” This time I do manage to rip out from his hold.

Milo quirks an eyebrow at me. His amused expression just makes me want to murder him.

I start to look for my clothes, but I am very aware from my peripheral vision that Milo is eyeing my naked body. He is looking at me like I am his last supper. I quickly wrap one of the bed sheets around me, in a bath towel fashion.

I search for my dress and underwear. I have managed to barely find one of my shoes, when I see Milo getting up from the bed and pulling on his boxers.

Shit.

If I am not out of here, he is going to pounce on me again. I can feel it.

Fuck it. I will just sprint to my room with a bedsheet on. There is no one else here.

Leaving my clothes behind, I purposefully march towards the door with my shoes in hand. I unlock it and swing the door open with force and… immediately wish that I hadn’t.

The walls close in on me, as I try to grip the door with one hand and bunch the bed sheet with the other. This has to be a nightmare. Any second now I will wake up, and realize that I am anywhere but here.

My world is spinning. My life will never be as it was.

Milo comes up behind me, and puts an arm around me, further solidifying the truth of this nightmare. Standing in front of me are my parents, Milo’s parents, Mia and… Reid.

October 17th, 2015

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"Come on, Rave. Do you really not know?"

I just stare at Mia, dumbfounded, as she further shatters my world with the next bit of news that she shares with me. As if there weren't already enough reasons, her next bit of information hammers the nail into the coffin. And why I should have never started anything with Milo, nor can it ever happen again.

“Reid has been in love with you, since the day you guys were born.”