Riley
I thought it was all a bad dream, getting scold by Carl, it had been the first, but when I woke up the next day, it all came back to me.
Coming home with Neil, wearing Carl’s shirt even when Neil had asked me to take it off, it was all just to get Carl’s attention, to get a reaction from him, to pass the message that I was in love with him.
But it ended badly last night, Carl had raised his voice at me, he had clearly told me that none of my tactics were going to work on him, and I was only fooling myself with the thought that he would be moved by it.
I wiped the tears that rolled down my cheek and rolled out of bed.
Dressing up for school, I left my room and headed downstairs, the smell of coffee drifting through the hallway, but there was no sound, no clatter of dishes being w
