The Rules of Being Friends (A Pact Between the Forgotten Series Book 2) by Jessica Sorensen

Author:Jessica Sorensen [Sorensen , Jessica]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Borrowed Hearts Publishing LLC
Published: 2020-10-22T18:30:00+00:00

9

Jax

The first time I saw Raven, this weird feeling of déjà vu overcame me. Her eyes … that defiant look in them when she told Zay off … I swear I’d seen it before. But it was the color of her hair that amplified the feeling—black with tints of blue and silver, like ravens feathers. I’d only seen that shade of hair one other time.

Willow, the girl who used to be one of my best friends. The girl who saved me. The girl I let die that day on that bridge. I try not to think about her as much as I can, but with the nightmare I had last night and now this … I’m freaking out, my skin crawling, and I can’t hold still. So, I pace my bedroom, over and over again, hoping to get some of these feelings out of me.

Anxiety.

Pain.

Guilt.

It’s swimming inside my veins, consuming me, and I don’t know how to get it out. I know how I want to get it out, but I promised Zay and Hunter that I wouldn’t do that shit anymore after that night I cut a little too deep, so deep it left scars on my wrist. Still, as I glance over at my dresser, I almost give in. All I’d have to do is open that top drawer, sneak out the razor that I keep in there, and make a small cut just underneath my sleeve.

I start to walk over there, not giving a shit if I mess everything up, when Zay walks into my room. He doesn’t knock, which annoys me.

“What? We don’t knock anymore?” I snap at him as I wrap my arms around myself, feeling jittery.

I felt this way during first period today, too, and couldn’t sit still. I’m not even positive what was bothering me then. Or maybe I do, and I just don’t want to admit it to myself.

“If I’d knocked, it would’ve given you time to hide shit.” Zay steps into my room and shuts the door behind him. Then he turns to me, arms crossed, observing me as I pace the room. “You know she’s not her, right? This isn’t the same as Willow.”

“Don’t say her fucking name,” I snap, pacing and biting my thumbnail. The ring scrapes across my teeth, a reminder of part of the reason I’m in here, freaking the hell out. “She told me not to bite my fingernails,” I mumble, lowering my thumb from my mouth. “Raven, I mean.”

“She’s right; you shouldn’t. It’s fucking disgusting.” Zay leans against the dresser. “However, I don’t know why you’re bringing this up right now.”

I hug my arms tighter around myself then tuck my hands under my armpits. “Willow used to say that to me all the time,” I divulge in a shaky tone.

Zay didn’t expect me to say that and struggles to keep a neutral expression. This rarely happens, so I must’ve shocked him good.

“Okay, well, it’s not that strange of a thing to say,” he manages to get out in a cautious tone.

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