The teacher finally left, and I laid down lazily on my bed.
The first thing I did was check my phone for his messages.
Nothing.
No texts.
No notifications.
No "goodnight."
Maybe he's asleep, I thought, trying to comfort myself with excuses again.
I opened Snapchat instead.
My account was filled with messages from random boys.
Normally, girls would probably feel happy getting that much attention.
But me?
I just felt uncomfortable.
Uneasy.
None of those messages mattered to me.
None of them were from him.
Without thinking much, I blocked them all and started scrolling mindlessly until my eyes slowly closed and I fell asleep.
Max's POV
I like Kelly.
Maybe a little more than I should.
But honestly?
I still love Kate.
And I can't hurt her.
Kelly is different from the other girls around me.
Katie.
Sana.
The others.
They're distractions.
Backup plans.
But Kelly…
She feels softer.
More real.
And maybe that's exactly why I'm scared of getting too close to her.
Because I know I'm not ready.
Not when Kate still affects me this much.
Not when I still wait for her replies.
Not when her actions still ruin my mood.
She keeps hurting me again and again.
One day, someone sent me a picture of her at a party with her male best friend.
They were holding hands.
And she came back home at 11 p.m.
But whenever it's about me?
Suddenly her parents become strict.
Suddenly she has excuses.
And I hate it.
I hate how badly I want to move on from her…
But somehow, I still can't.