Page 71 of Spiralling Skywards
For the first time since I stepped into the room, Liam took his eyes from me and pierced Will with them.
“And tell me again what the fuck any of this has to do with you?” Liam and Will silently stared at each other. Sash caught my eye, and we both shrugged.
I felt so incredibly tired. I lived a relatively drama-free life. The last month was the most excitement I’d ever really had, but tonight? Tonight had been horrible, and I wanted it done and over with.
“We’ve been seeing each other a month.” I answered my brother’s original question. “Now we’re done. How many times do I need to spell it out to you, Luke? I’m twenty-two years old, I’ll date, go out with, and fuck whomever I like. I’m not a child. What I am, at this moment, is very tired. So I’m gonna go to bed now. I don’t want any of you following me up there.”
I turned and left the room to the sound of Liam calling my name, and Luke asking, “She’ll fuck who she likes? You fucked her? You’ve been fucking my sister?”
I slammed my bedroom door shut, crunched across the floor, and got back into bed. I could hear shouting coming from downstairs but not the sound of anything breaking. Once I was sure everyone was behaving, I retrieved my iPod from under my pillow and popped in my headphones and clicked play.
The first song up was Rihanna’s “Unfaithful”.
Of course it was.
Feeling hollow, empty, and totally broken-hearted, I switched the song to repeat and drifted off to sleep.
