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a startled screech at the sudden movement, but I managed to cover her mouth so it didn’t come out loud enough to gain unwanted attention.
    Once we were back in the aisle, and safely out of my ex’s line of sight, I let Ella go.
    “What the hell was that for?” she yelled, glaring at me with her hands on her hips.
    I raised a finger to my lips and shushed her. “Keep it down, will you?’
    “Why? You just man-handled me!”
    I frowned at her exaggeration. “Technically, I woman-handled you.”
    Ella huffed at my response. “Well, don’t do it again.” She turned, getting ready to leave the safety of our aisle, before I grabbed her arm and pulled her back again.
    “Would you stop? We’re hiding.”
    “From what?” she questioned forcefully, squinting her eyes at me. “Your sanity?”
    I mock laughed, before saying, “No, from Carter.”
    Ella froze, and then furrowed her eyebrows in thought. “Carter? As in your only real boyfriend ever, Carter?”
    I glared at her. “Oh, aren’t you funny? As if you know any other Carters.”
    She smirked momentarily. “Well then, why are you hiding? I’m sure he’d be excited to know you’re back.”
    “Excited, my ass. He’d probably run to the nearest airport and personally buy me a ticket back to Virginia.” I cringed as I thought about how terribly things had ended between us.
    “I highly doubt that. If I remember correctly, that boy was head over heels in love with you.”
    I scoffed.
    She frowned. “I’m serious. I don’t even understand why you broke up with him. He was cute, and nice, and cute,” she emphasized with a wink.
    “Yeah well, if you heard the things I said to him, you’d hate me too. I hate myself for saying them.” I bit my lip and lowered my eyes.
    “What happened?”
    I shrugged. “He wanted us to try and make a long distance relationship work, and I just wanted to start fresh. I said everything and anything I could to make him want me to leave.”
    Ella frowned. “Like what?”
    I grimaced as I met her eyes. “Well, when he was younger his dad cheated on his mom, and it was a really hard time in his life. He hated talking about it, and he resented his dad for a long time because of it. It’s the reason his parents got divorced.”
    “Okay, but what does that have to do with what you said?”
    A deep sigh escaped my mouth. “Yeah, well I said that the reason we couldn’t have a long distance relationship was because I didn’t think I could trust him. I said he was probably just like his dad, and if I left he would cheat on me and break my heart. You know, ‘the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree’ kind of thing.”
    Ella’s mouth dropped open, and her eyes widened. “Wow. I would personally give him a piggyback ride to the nearest airport and go half and half on your ticket for your flight back. That was probably the bitchiest thing you could have said.”
    “I know. I bet he hates me. I would hate me too if I were him.”
    Ella raised an arm and patted my shoulder softly. “There, there. Cheer up. Maybe he’s forgiven you. It’s been nearly a year.”
    I shook my head. “No, I don’t want to see him again. I can’t face him after what I said. And besides, I don’t think I fully got over him, and it would get too complicated if we reconnected and I just left again at the end of the summer. It’s probably best if I avoid him while we’re here.”
    Ella looked away from me and leaned around the corner to peek out from the aisle. “He’s in line now. I think he’s leaving.”
    I sighed and placed a hand to my chest. It felt like a weight had been lifted off of my shoulders.
    Facing me again, she said, “You know you’re going to have to talk to him eventually, right? You have all summer to run into him again.”
    I shrugged. “Not if I have anything to say about it.”

 
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter 6
     
     
    The next day Ella came barging into my room with a heavy frown on her face. She stepped