This Wasn't Fair!

Elle was in trouble. She was having way too much fun talking to Collin Dawson.

She wasn't supposed to be doing that. She wasn't supposed to be talking to people period. Cherry called her out on it when she came in the second night.

"Where have you been all this time?"

"Reading."

Elle didn't want to explain herself. It was the easier thing to say than that she had been reading with a guy. Especially a guy she used to have a big fat crush on when she was an impressionable teenager.

She needed to distract herself. Reading the third book ought to do it since Cherry was planning on going to bed soon. She could read in the rather luxurious bathroom with the light on so she wouldn't disturb her until she was deeply asleep. Then she could move back to where it was comfortable.

She finished around 2 AM and was so upset she wanted to scream. But she couldn't because she would wake up Cherry and feel horrible. All she could do was stew in her misery.