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drove her back home.
    â€œNobody’s home tonight. Can you spend the night?” she asked.
    â€œOf course. Anything for you.” She gave me a tight hug and we went inside. We went straight to her room and she just sat on her bed, staring at the wall.
    â€œWhy don’t you go take a shower. Maybe you’ll start to feel a little better,” I said to her. She gave me a small nod and headed into the bathroom.
    I went on my phone to check my Vine, and saw that people at the party had posted Violet’s reaction to finding out about me.
    All the comments were terrible. People were calling her stupid and girls were calling her fat, ugly, and a slut.
    I threw my phone on the bed and put my head in my hands. I really, really liked Violet, and it killed me that people were saying those things about her.
    She came out of the bathroom and sat down next to me and ran her fingers through my hair. That felt so damn good.
    I picked her chin up with my fingers and looked her straight in the eye. “I’m sorry for everything. I’m sorry for not telling you about Vine. I’m sorry for what Ryder did to you. I’m so sorry. I know you already have a lot going on in your life and tonight just made it a thousand times worse. You didn’t deserve any of this and I feel terrible for everything that happened.”
    She just looked at me and I saw the bruises she had on her face. Her right eye was all black-and-blue and she had horrible bruises on her cheeks. I put my head back down in my hands but she grabbed my head and kissed me.
    Violet
    Nash was my hero tonight. Here he was sitting on my bed and apologizing for what had happened tonight. I couldn’t take it anymore. I grabbed his head and kissed him.
    At first he was surprised, but then he kissed me back. I felt sparks rush through my body. He was a really good kisser. He leaned back and smiled at me. “Violet, I—”
    I didn’t let him finish. “No. Before you say what you’re about to say, just listen to me. I really, really like you, Nash. After tonight, after what you did, I couldn’t hold in my feelings anymore.”
    â€œViolet, I . . .” He looked in my eyes and paused, and my heart sank. He doesn’t like me. “I like you too. A lot, actually.” My heart was racing again and he leaned in and kissed me.
    We didn’t make out. We just kissed. After that, though, we lay down and went to sleep. He wrapped his arms around my waist and put his head on my shoulder. Was it possible to fall in love with someone you just met?

Nash
    I woke up with Violet in my arms. I started to smile but was suddenly dragged off the bed. Someone was beating the shit out of me and I couldn’t get up to defend myself.
    â€œWhat did you do to my little sister! You hit my sister? I’m going to kill you!” He started kicking me in the ribs and I began to cough up blood. What was going on?
    Violet
    I woke up to screaming and saw Hayden beating Nash nearly to death. “Hayden, stop! What are you doing?” I jumped on top of him to make him stop.
    â€œHe hit you. You have bruises all over your face!” He went back to attack Nash but I stopped him.
    â€œNash didn’t do this to me, Hayden! Nash was the one who saved me.” He looked up at me with confusion on his face. “Ryder kidnapped me last night and did this. I wouldn’t be here right now if it wasn’t for Nash.” I told him everything that had happened. Hayden looked at me, then at Nash.
    â€œI’m sorry, bro. I thought you did this to her.” He helped Nash off the floor and sat him on my bed. He looked at me again, then stormed out of the house.
    I ran to the bathroom to get Nash a washcloth to clean his face.
    â€œWell, now we look the same,” I said. He chuckled a little bit and wiped the blood off his face. I could tell he was in pain.
    â€œHayden is very protective of me. You don’t want