Chapter 22 Defiance
Nerves.
My breath hitched as fear exploded inside of me.
For a split second after my hand connected with his face, everything felt suspended like the air itself had paused and like even the water from the shower had slowed down to that very moment.
I could still feel the sting in my palm it was s...
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Chapters
1. Chapter 1 The Day I Turned Seventeen
2. Chapter 2 Same Day We Fell Apart
3. Chapter 3 Resumption Day
4. Chapter 4 The Prey Is Doomed
5. Chapter 5 In Defense 
6. Chapter 6 Still The Insignificant Pebble
7. Chapter 7 Unfortunate
8. Chapter 8 Tensed and Alone
9. Chapter 9 His Toy
10. Chapter 10 Like A Bullet
11. Chapter 11 Dead End
12. Chapter 12 Stranger In The Tunnel
13. Chapter 13 My First Best Friend?
14. Chapter 14 Unbelievable
15. Chapter 15 Shock and Entertainment
16. Chapter 16 Rumors
17. Chapter 17 Public Declaration
18. Chapter 18 Tied To Him
19. Chapter 19 Dread and Frustration
20. Chapter 20 First Kiss For The First Time
21. Chapter 21 The Nerve
22. Chapter 22 Defiance
23. Chapter 23 It's Not A Crush
24. Chapter 24 The Hell?
25. Chapter 25 At The Club
26. Chapter 26 Masked Strangers
27. Chapter 27 Nausea
28. Chapter 28 The Aftermath
29. Chapter 29 Kevin Raymond
30. Chapter 30 His Father's Threat
31. Chapter 31 A Puddle Mess
32. Chapter 32 The Clueless Nerd
33. Chapter 33 Babysitting
34. Chapter 34 Unbearable
35. Chapter 35 The Rig
36. Chapter 36 Still The Insignificant Pebble
37. Chapter 37 Kyle's Dissappearance
38. Chapter 38 Brian Smith
39. Chapter 39 Not Sure Why
40. Chapter 40 Responsibility
41. Chapter 41 To Stay
42. Chapter 42 All Entangled
43. Chapter 43 Soda And Breakups
44. Chapter 44 Another Nerve-wracking Information
45. Chapter 45 A Clear Invitation
46. Chapter 46 Infuriating Cousins
47. Chapter 47 Crawling Suspicion
48. Chapter 48 The Makeover
49. Chapter 49 Was It Jealousy?
50. Chapter 50 Scrutiny
51. Chapter 51 What The Hell?
52. Chapter 52 The Silly Proposal
53. Chapter 53 Awkward
54. Chapter 54 Assault And Blood
55. Chapter 55 The Second Kiss
56. Chapter 56 To Not Fall Apart
57. Chapter 57 Sentiments And Mirror Reflections
58. Chapter 58 A Jab
59. Chapter 59 Hit And Run
60. Chapter 60 His Gnawing Proximity
61. Chapter 61 The Excitement If Being Kissed That Way
62. Chapter 62 The Daze Of His Kisses
63. Chapter 63 Confrontation
64. Chapter 64 Like Suspicion Didn't Exist
65. Chapter 65 Lingering Suspicion
66. Chapter 66 Miranda's Party
67. Chapter 67 Why Vanessa Again?
68. Chapter 68 Rage
69. Chapter 69 Like Two Storms
70. Chapter 70 Like Hot Thrills
71. Chapter 71 It's Complicated
72. Chapter 72 When Everything Changed
73. Chapter 73 Dazed
74. Chapter 74 The Confession
75. Chapter 75 A Hinge
76. Chapter 76 The Threat
77. Chapter 77 Over Our Heads
78. Chapter 78 Pulled Apart
79. Chapter 79 Miranda
80. Chapter 80 More Underneath
81. Chapter 81 Should We Go Our Separate Ways?
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