Page 100 of Bad for Me

After cleaning up, she pulled the down covers up and around us, pulling me to her and burying her face in my breasts, gently kissing them until she found my already pebbled nipples with her mouth. She sucked it into her mouth, pulling on it until I groaned.

I looked down over her naturally curly blonde crown. “I love you more.”

She looked up at me, smiling, then kissing me softly.

“What a sweet moment. I am so glad I got to witness it.”

We both froze, and looking toward the bedroom door, Matt stood there with a suitcase in his hand.

“Matt? What the fuck are you doing here? We took somespace, remember? Get the fuck out!”

He laughed, low and threatening. I clutched the blankets to my chest, feeling scared for the first time since we’d been in this fucked up situation.

“You know, Ava, I thought by being patient and understanding with you, you would eventually come around. But here you are, confessing your love to astudent.”

His words were acid, burning me from the inside out. I knew exactly where he was going with this.

Shit, I had already played this situation out in my head. And I was fully prepared to drop out so that Ava could keep her job.

“Fuck off, Matt, we both know you’ve messed around with students.”

“True, but I never got caught.” It was then that he pulled out a disposable camera, snapping a photo of Ava and me in her bed.

“You dick!”

I jumped from the bed, naked as a jaybird, trying to grab the camera from him but failing.

“This is how this is going to work.” He leaned down, handing me my clothes. “If you twolovelyladies don’t let me be a part of this…than you can both kiss Middlebury College goodbye. And Ava, we both know how much youneedthis job for your own happiness. Is she really worth losing it all over?”

I covered myself with my clothes, pulling my hoodie over my head. I’d knock this mother fucker out if I could just find something to do it with.

Ava’s face was marred with rage, and I think for a moment if she had a sharp object available to her, she’d stab him right now.

“Yes, Matt, she is worth it. Now, GET. THE. FUCK. OUT.”

He gave us both one last, long look. A smug smile spread on his handsome face.

I bet that guy could get away with murder.

“You’ll regret this, Ava. Mark my words.”

He turned to leave, and Ava flipped him the bird as he walked toward the front door.

I couldn’t even help it. I laughed.

And she laughed too, both of us falling onto bed and into each other’s arms again.

“Fuck Matt, and fuck what everyone thinks. And fuck Middlebury College, I can find somewhere else to go.”

I kissed her again. “Yeah, fuck them all.”

Epilogue

Three months later

Ava

It was Valentine’s Day, and Mary and I sat on the deck’s porch swing, snuggled up under blankets, wearing hats and mittens and holding spiked hot cider.

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