High School Hero by Sherri Renee

Author:Sherri Renee [Renee, Sherri]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 21

I watched George sleep while my thoughts bounced from Matt to football to suicide. When it became obvious he was out for the night, I carefully slipped from his arms so I wouldn’t wake him. I felt so helpless. He needed help, but not from me. I didn’t know anything about winning football games, and I sure didn’t have the money to make his parent’s mortgage payment.

I gave his sleeping form a sad smile. After everything we’d been through, I couldn’t even love him anymore.

I knew he’d planned to spend the night here so I folded the comforter over him, and left him to his dreams. Hopefully, they were happier than his life was right now.

The party was still in full swing. The music almost unbearable after the relative quiet of the bedroom and grew louder as I headed down the stairs and towards its source. I wanted to find my coat, and then I was going to try to convince Michelle it was time to leave. I had way too much on my mind to even try to enjoy the party.

Near the bottom of the stairs I sensed someone watching me. I looked up and my eyes went straight to a pair of dark ones that made my feet falter. Matt sat on the couch where I’d left my coat and watched my decent without any kind of expression. My breath caught and I hesitated. I could only imagine what he thought seeing me come down the stairs and knowing that almost everyone who went up them was looking for a place to hook up.

Since George wasn’t with me, I hoped he’d think I’d simply gone looking for a bathroom or something. I realized his arm was around someone’s shoulder. Without looking away from me, he pulled Laurie into my line of vision and close to his side.

It felt like someone knocked the air out of me. I pressed a hand to my stomach, surprised how much pain just seeing him with another girl could cause me to feel. With a deep breath, I forced my feet to move while my dreams shattered around me.

So much for Mr. Right.

Logically I knew Matt was free to date anyone he wanted. It shouldn’t surprise me to see him with another girl. The fact that the girl was Laurie seemed strange but other than that he wasn’t doing a thing wrong. That didn’t make it hurt any less though.

I was tempted to leave my coat and beg Michelle to take me home. I knew I’d have to face Matt sometime though. The smell of sweat and alcohol and perfume turned my already upset stomach as I pushed my way through the throng of dancing bodies.

I caught a glimpse of Michelle swaying to the music in Danny’s arms and gritted my teeth. She wasn’t going to want to leave yet.

Finally making it to the couch, I tugged on the sleeve of my coat until the girl sitting on it turned to me with a nasty look before taking the hint and raising up so I could slip it out from under her.

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