~~Kate~~
“We are getting drunk tonight and I am not taking no as an answer,” Yssa announced, already gripping my wrist and pulling me along as if my refusal had never existed in the first place.
I stopped walking, but she did not notice. My mind was already far away, tangled in thoughts I did not want to examine too closely. Today had been too much. Far too much for someone like me. I had lost my composure, my dignity, and somehow, my first kiss. To my best friend’s father. A man who had also seen me naked. A man whose body had betrayed a reaction I could not unfeel.
The memory alone made my stomach twist.
Alcohol was a terrible idea. My mother would never approve. I could already hear her voice in my head reminding me that indulgence solves nothing and restraint is always the answer.
