A/N: It has to get worse before it gets better. I promise.
Chapter Song: "The A Team" by Ed Sheeran
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After I finished the worst of my mental breakdown, for which Jess had excused herself, Grace hugged me tightly as she whispered "It'll be okay. You'll understand soon. I promise." Pulling away from her, I knew my eyes appeared cold and detached when I was, in reality, anything but.
If there's one thing I'm good at... It has always been acting.
Looking off to the side, I signed while fixing my face to an absent expression, trying to sell my words. To both of us.
'No. It... It won't be. He- Tyler... He's just another person for me to let down. He'll leave and hate me and it really doesn't matter, Grace, because if all of this that you've told me
