" I'm sorry." Those were Jake's first words the minute I stepped into the apartment. I'm exhausted, sad, and entirely pissed. How could she threaten us, our relationship? How could she have been there and taken a photo of us kissing? How dare she even speak to me like I'm some toy? " I'm going to talk to her. I promise." " You should." I sigh and walk past him, down the hall. " Ash?" Jake calls my name as he grabs my forearm. I turn around in his hold. I stare at him with tired eyes, pleading with my eyes for him to let me go. I need a warm shower and maybe fall asleep later. As much as I don't want this, our relationship to be a secret, I don't think I'm ready for the whole school to know. I'm afraid of what they're going to say. And what happened to me in highschool, I feel like

