Rescue My Heart by Avery Ford

Author:Avery Ford [Ford, Avery]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-16T23:00:00+00:00

18

Arthur

Another week came to a close, and with it came the end of the exam period. With summer vacation suddenly here, Arthur found himself with some unexpected free time.

Free time Quip was quick to fill.

“We’re going partying once exams are done,” Quip had told him before they went into their first exam. “We’re going to hook. You. Up.”

“I don’t think I want to hook up with anyone.”

“I guess the hooking up part is negotiable, as long as the party part isn’t. I’m way too high-strung not to have something to look forward to once we get through this fresh hell.”

Arthur was inclined to agree.

And when the Friday night after exams were over rolled around, he found himself standing in the living room of a local house, surrounded by faces he didn’t know, with one too many beers already downed.

Quip was quick to find someone, and within the first hour, he was locking lips with a gorgeous stranger that Arthur was fairly sure was a graduate student. Arthur didn’t know how Quip did it. Arthur was far too nervous to get so close to someone so soon. Not even the beers helped.

“Hey!” A girl latched onto Arthur’s arm, and he jumped. “Oh my god, I’m sorry. Look how jumpy you are. I just thought that you were my friend, Kevin. Sorry.”

The devious look on her face told Arthur that she hadn’t mistaken him for anybody. In fact, he was willing to bet Kevin didn’t exist.

“It’s okay,” Arthur said. The house was crowded with people, and the conversation rose to a dull roar. It almost drowned out the music blasting through the speaker system. “I’m going to go find my friend, okay? And you go find yours.”

“You don’t want to help me?” she asked, pouting.

“No, thank you. Good luck.” Arthur parted from her side and picked his way through the crowds. People cluttered the hallways and clustered in the kitchen. On his way in, someone pressed a sealed beer can into his hand. Arthur looked down at it, then tried to find the person who’d gifted him the drink, but whoever it was got lost in a sea of faces.

Nervous, Arthur popped the top and drank. He continued his tour of the house, picking his way around couples and begging his way beyond small groups.

Quip wasn’t anywhere to be found.

By the time Arthur had finished his sweep of the ground floor, he’d finished another beer. The alcohol prickled behind his eyes and loosened his limbs, and when he turned his head, the whole world seemed to blur. It made him feel sick.

Could Quip be upstairs? Arthur stumbled his way toward them only to find the stairs were as crowded as the rest of the house was. With his poor reflexes and his churning stomach, he didn’t think he’d be able to make it upstairs without falling.

Arthur found an unoccupied stretch of wall and leaned against it as the world spun. He took his phone from his pocket and sent Quip a text.

I wanna go home.

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