~SCARLETT~
Carter grabs me by my waist and pulls me off him before I even had the chance to deepen the kiss.
I'm utterly surprised.
Why did he do it? Why didn't he let me kiss him?
Was this what rejection felt like?
I shook the disappointment out of my chest.
"Now I can also take back my kiss," I shout.
Carter has a dazed and drugged look in his eyes as he gazes at me.
"What was that for?"
"If you want to take back what you did, I could also take back what I did."
"Scarlett," he whispers. "Are you upset that I said I wanted to take back what I did without your permission that night?"
I can see the surprise in his eyes as he gazes at me.
I was upset, but I didn't want to admit it to him or myself.
I grab him by his shirt, "Nothing you say or do affects me in any way,
