My head ached, but that was from the multiple punches I'd copped the night before."You should have slept in the bed," Jessie said thinly. "I wouldn't have minded."I shook my head, not trusting myself to speak, and rubbed some feeling back into my neck. Last night she'd taken care of me and cleaned my wounds like a fucking sexy nurse. It would’ve been so easy to lean over and kiss her, to loose myself again, but I couldn't. I just couldn't find it in myself to let it go.Seeing that guy trying to pressure himself on her, that had broken something inside me I never thought lived in there. Jealousy."I was..." I began, but didn't know how to finish the sentence."Was what?""Too fast in saying all that stuff to you before.""Oh." She edged away slightly, her eyes downcast. I knew what she wanted, but me? I still wasn't sure."It was probably for the best that you ditched me." I leaned forward, elbows resting on my knees and rubbed the sleep from my eyes."Dee…""I'm sorry you came all this way.""Shut up," she hissed."It's the truth." As the words fell from my lips, I wasn't so sure that that statement was as truthful as I wanted it to be."Are you trying to punish me?"My head dropped into my hands and my fingernails bit into the skin of my scalp."How long is this going to go on, Dee?" Her voice was clipped.
