She doesn’t stop, and I become aware of the pain in my side. Adrian has a mean right hook.
Finally we’re outside, and Skylar spins on her heel. Claire looks between all of us, the worry still there, etched in her expression.
“This is what you were doing, trying to beat at each other? Kill each other? For what?” Skylar says as she slams her hands against Adrian’s chest.
I ignore their fight, and move toward the car where Claire is standing next to the passenger door. “Are you pissed at me?” I ask.
She looks toward me, and I’m sure I see pain in her eyes but within a second, she smiles. “Pissed? Why would I be pissed?”
I don’t know what the hell to say. “The fight … it’s nothing.” But it is something. It’s something that makes me feel alive. I can see the appeal it had for Adrian all along.
She glances toward Skylar and Adrian, who are now speaking softly.
Claire’s biting her lip, and her face is flushed.
I don’t know what it is, or how it happened, but Claire’s stolen my heart. I just don’t know if I can go down that road, not now.