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I went in search of a taxi and kept checking behind me. Thankfully he hadn’t followed me.
So why, oh why did I feel even worse that he hadn’t come after me? Why did I keep jumping at any noise, hoping he’d appear behind me, tell me he loved and kiss me again?
What was wrong with me?
“Where to young man?” asked the taxi driver as soon as I found a car.
“The hell out of here,” I told him. “Just get me out of this town.”
19
KODY
Gosh, I ruined everything.
I ruined everything.
Why did I have to go and do that? Why would I kiss him? How could I before I spoke to Jenna.
It was never my intention to hurt Nova or Jenna but my actions might have gone and done just that.
In my defense, after the conversation I’d had with Niki I had been all up in my head about Nova and telling him how I felt, so when he was so close and sweet and gorgeous…I couldn’t help myself. It was as if my brain had shut down and I’d lost any and all control of my body.
I wanted to go after him. To run after him and tell him everything, how I felt, what he meant to me, tell him the truth, but the way he’d looked at me after the kiss…I couldn’t stand it. He’d looked betrayed. He’d looked confused and furious.
“Here we go! Now we can celebrate properly.” Jenna walked in with a clinking paper bag that she promptly set down on thekitchen counter when she looked at me. “Kody? What the hell happened? Why do you look as if you’ve seen a ghost? Where is Nova?”
“He…he left,” I whispered.
“What? Why? Where the hell did he go?”
“I…I don’t know.”
She came and stood in front of me, grabbed me by the arms and shook me.
“Okay, Kody, stop talking in riddles and tell me what the fuck happened? What did you do?”
I only dared to peek at her and turned my gaze to the floor and got to chewing my lip.
“I…I kissed him,” I said, barely audible even to myself.
“You…what? You kissed him?”
I wanted to find out how pissed she was but at the same time I didn’t want to see the wrath on her face. I couldn’t disappoint one more person tonight.
“Yeah.”
“That’s wonderful!” she cheered.
I looked up, frowning. “What do you mean it’s wonderful?”
She smirked. “IknewI caught a spark between you two. Nova is a wonderful guy.”
“I know. He is. He really, truly is. But…”
“But what?” she asked.
“Are you not mad? Are you not pissed?”
