But wait a second.
What am I thinking?
What the hell am I thinking?
Who is he to stop me from dating his best friend? Who is he to have any effect on my decisions whatsoever?
I mean, I like Lucas, right?
He’s friendly. He’s easygoing. He’s always been nice to me, which is why I agreed to tutor him in the first place. Best of all, he doesn’t look at me like I’m nothing. Like I don’t belong in his social circle.
He looks at me like he likes me, like he thinks I’m beautiful.
So why can’t I go out with him if I want to?
And you know what, I will.
I will go out with him and if Reign Davidson doesn’t like it, he can go fuck himself.
~Echo
* * *
Who: The Bandit
Where: The second-floor bedroom in the manor on the Davidson estate
When: 11:04 PM; four years ago, a week after Echo’s fourteenth birthday.
He asked her out. He fucking asked her out.
He fucking. Asked. Her. Out.
* * *
Who: The Bandit
Where: The second-floor bedroom in the manor on the Davidson estate
When: 1:27 AM; four years ago, the day Echo says yes to Lucas.
Fuck.
Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
Fucking fuck.
* * *
Who: The Bandit
Where: The second-floor bedroom in the manor on the Davidson estate
When: 3:11 AM; four years ago, the day Echo says yes to Lucas
He’s my best friend.
He’s like my brother.