Hearts and Bruises (Hearts Series Book 1) by A.M. Brooks

Author:A.M. Brooks
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Nadege Richards
Published: 2019-03-18T18:30:00+00:00

My face hurt, my throat felt swollen and I still had a horrible headache when I woke up Monday for school. I knew I had tossed and turned all night unable to sleep because of Saturday night’s events. When I broke through the fog early Sunday morning, I was laying on the bathroom floor next to the toilet. Lily had been sleeping in my tub. I cried while she told me I walked myself upstairs and puked in the bathroom off and on for an hour before I passed out again. Tears of shame and fear rolled down my cheeks. I had no memory past the initial onset of whatever Roman had given me. Blurred images of things I believe happened played over and over in my head. The conversation with Roman in his room screamed inside my head but seemed too crazy to have actually been true. I pushed the memories away refusing to believe it happened and feeling stupid for breaking my own rule. No pills ever. No drugs ever. Lily had helped me straighten myself out before leaving. We agreed to meet on Monday before school at the Smallest Bean.

I laid there long enough to know I wouldn’t have time to shower. Blowing out a breath, I sat up slowly, detangling myself from the blankets before making my way to the bathroom. My vision swam. Sometime yesterday I had forced myself out of bed to shower and was able to keep a piece of toast down. Not caring, I threw on a pair of my jeans and one of Darrian’s sweatshirts I had confiscated. I pulled my hair into a messy bun on the top of my head, brushed my teeth and made sure my sunglasses were in my bag before leaving.

The bus ride to the coffee shop went too fast. I had dozed off against the window. Quickly I pulled my sleeve across my mouth to make sure I hadn’t drooled. Lily stood outside the door and waved when I arrived. She looked terrific as always in her trendy dark jeans, boots, and long sweater.

“How are you?” she asked once we walked through the doors.

“Feel like death but hopeful some coffee will cure me.” I shrugged.

“Have you talked to Darrian?” she questioned, pulling a fingernail between her teeth nervously. I knew what she was wanting to know, but my brain still wasn’t believing it had happened.

“He called to see how I was,” I answered. Truthfully, he called a few times. He was adamant he had talked to Roman and Roman wasn’t sure how the B+ had affected me so differently. I didn’t tell him I had blacked out, been sick, or that my memory was almost nonexistent. Roman was Darrian’s friend and I knew how Darrian was when it came to his family and friends. They were his and he went into protective mode. I was pretty sure he cared about me, but I wasn’t the girlfriend. I didn’t want to lose him over a gut feeling I had been drugged on purpose.

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