Chapter 22-01

He pulled away, wiping the tears from under my eyes and kissed my forehead. "Baby, what happened?" Slowly, he reached up to remove a piece of glass from my cheek, stained with blood. "You have glass all over you." I sniffled in response, hating that I was getting used to him seeing me cry. He took my hand lightly and began leading me to the bathroom. "C'mon, let's get you cleaned up." I could've done it myself, but my arm was throbbing in pain and it felt nice to have his hand around my mine. He led me into the bathroom, sitting me on the toilet. He crouched next to me and began pulling out glass shards stuck in my arm. After wincing at the second one, Josh began rambling on about stupid stuff to distract me. "You know, Iya and Coffeeblue were so worried about you. They kept going on and on about you and me." he rolled his eyes and chuckled. "I was so bored in first period, I actually paid attention." His smile sucked the breath out of me instantly. "Destiny tried to talk