Chapter 5
Here we go again
Alex
After the hellish night of Homecoming, I decided no more school dances. There’s always someone who screws it up and ruins the fun, even if it means I escaped covered in the punch. Although Ryan was happy, he didn’t have to clean up afterward.
I look like a fiery mess with smeared makeup, a rat’s nest on my head that was my hair, and a torn dress. As soon as we arrived home, I ran upstairs to take a shower.
Mason was in the living room reading when he heard us come in. He set his book down and looked over his reading glasses. “Do I even want to know why Alex has been to hell and back?”
Everyone looked at him, and Ryan shook his head, following me.
“Well,” Mason asked, looking at the other two guys. The girls went upstairs, leaving them to fend for them
