Elliot
Pride swelled in my chest as I listened in the dark, my body floating almost invisibly in the dark water. I had been about to call out to her when she answered the call but had closed my mouth when she had said his name.
Carl.
I was beginning to really hate that guy.
Still, even though I could tell she was crying I was proud when she told him not to call her anymore. It made me happier then it should but that was because she was finally showing the strength I had always seen in her.
It didn’t have anything to do with the fact that I thought about her a bit too often.
“You did the right thing Riley.” Leaning my chin on my arms on the side I spoke softly but she still jumped. Making the cutest little squeak and I realised too late that she hadn’t heard me swim up to her side o
