Voices filter around for a few seconds before my front door slams and the lock engages.
With a pained groan, I flip over, successfully tipping a generous amount of prosecco over myself.
I right the bottle and lift my head from the bed. My oversized hoodie is around my hips, exposing my bare legs and—
“Holy fuck,” I gasp, my eyes locked on the angry bite mark on my thigh.
He really fucking bit me.
It hurt when I was in the shower, but I was so blinded by rage and my mistakes that I didn’t pay it any attention. But fuck.
Needing more alcohol to deal with this shitshow, I tip the bottle to my lips again, forgetting that I’m practically lying down and sloshing it all over my face. But it’s not enough of a mess to make me move, and the second I get my lips around the bottle, I chug it down like it’s water.
22
NICO
“Where the fuck is Calli?” I bark when I race into the common room and find Theo, Toby, and Alex sitting around chatting like everything is fucking rosy.
“She went home about twenty minutes ago,” Theo says calmly, the complete opposite of how I’m feeling.
Spinning on my heel, I march back out the way I came in only seconds ago.
The only thing spinning around my head is what Brianna could be keeping secret for Calli. What could she possibly be hiding from all of us that she let Brianna in on and no one else?
“Nic, wait,” Theo calls, the heavy footsteps behind me telling me that he’s following.
His fingers grip onto my upper arm as he attempts to stop me.
“What the fuck is going on?” he barks.
“I don’t know. That’s what I’m about to find out,” I spit cryptically, refusing to stop and talk to him.
“Is she okay?”
“Fuck knows.”
“I’m coming with you.”
Before I get a chance to argue with him, he’s ripped open my passenger door the second I unlock my car and he’s dropping his arse into the seat.
He doesn’t say another word as the engine comes to life and I floor it out of the parking space.
“So do I need to ask why your hair is a mess, your lips are swollen and your uniform is all fucked up?” Theo asks with a teasing lilt to his voice.
I glance over, shooting his question down with a single look as I focus on my sister.
“Okay then. I’ll let my imagination run wild, but I’m assuming it has something to do with why the library was suddenly out of action this afternoon. Didn’t you have a revision session booked in there with—”
“Shut up. Just shut the fuck up.”
“It went well then, I assume. On your way to full marks, huh?”
My teeth grind at his teasing and my grip on the wheel turns painful.
“I certainly passed some kind of test, that’s for sure. Not sure about my teacher,” I mutter under my breath.
“You’re playing with fire, man,” Theo warns.