Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 1Kyle We’re moving again. Because Mom and Dad are fighting. Again. This time, Dad’s the one who had the inappropriate relationship. Something about a young receptionist at work. I don’t know why they stay together. Why they can’t stop sleeping with other people. Why they keep hurting each other like… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 1
Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 2Kyle I hate going home. I hate the whole trip. The two-hour drive there. The charged silence when I’m with my mother. The tension every time Dad walks into the room. She thinks I’m going to tell him. I probably should. He deserves to know. I don’t know why I… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 2
Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 3Kyle Holy fuck. My hand wraps around the foil packet in her back pocket, I hear it crinkle as I slowly slide it out of her jeans. Fuck, fuck, fuck. How did she get one of these? Why does she have one? Is she planning on having sex with someone?… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 3
Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 4Kyle I don’t remember much about Hannah and I’s first time except she said it hurt and cried afterwards. I didn’t really know how to put on a condom. I was just hoping for the best. I think I came the second I pushed into her. Wasn’t all that enjoyable… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 4
Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 5Audra I’m six days late. I’m never late. My cycle is like clockwork. Every 28 days. Never missed a period in my life. I stand up from the toilet, pull my underwear and pajama pants up my legs. Hopeless. I feel really hopeless. This is the first time I’ve wished… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 5
Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 6Matt I feel guilty. Like the time I told my parents I didn’t back Mom’s new car into the mailbox. They believed me, miraculously. With Kyle at college, it was kind of a no-brainer that I was the one responsible for the massive dent in her rear bumper. They swept… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 6
Firsts Are Always MessyBonus Chapter 7Kyle She hasn’t answered any of my phone calls. Or text messages. I’m worried and I don’t usually worry about her. Jenny can take care of herself. I’m being clingy. I know I am. Needy and clingy, two things I promised myself I wouldn’t be with her. But I am… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 7
Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 8 Matt I’m an asshole. I know I am. Watching her run down the hallway, her purple dress trailing her behind, her heels echoing in tandem with my heartbeat, I know I hurt her feelings. But I had to. Because I’m an asshole. I was fine with her being… Continue reading Firsts Are Always Messy Bonus Chapter 8
Sloppy SecondsBonus Chapter 1Jenny“Christmas Part 1” “What is this illusion called, the innocence of youth? Maybe only in our blind belief can we ever find the truth.“🎄🎄🎄 I sat beside Matt on the bottom step of the carpeted staircase, listening to Mom lecture Kyle about taking her daughter to a high school party, the sound… Continue reading Sloppy Seconds Bonus Chapter 1
Sloppy SecondsBonus Chapter 2Jenny“Christmas Part 2” “Last Christmas I gave you my heart, but the very next day you gave it away. This year, to save me from tears I’ll give it to someone special.”🎄🎄🎄 Dare. Kiss. Matt. I dare you to kiss Matt. No, no, no! It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. My… Continue reading Sloppy Seconds Bonus Chapter 2
