Chapter 33-1. love me

AS they agreed, after Aiden's game Marley and Gabby had a long overdue FaceTime call. Marley spoke to her best friend outside the balcony of she and Aiden's bedroom, for privacy from her boyfriend catching up on more homework in the kitchen. And aside from a twenty minute break to eat a plate of cheese, crackers and salami Aiden brought out for her — and confirmed that she ate by creepily peeking out the window every ten seconds — Marley and Gabby filled every minute of almost two hours with confessions and doubts and reassurances and advice. Marley hated Gabby's tears when she confessed her eating disorder and body dysmorphia, and Gabby hated the way Marley's expression scrunched in pain when she told her that after confessing to Ethan in his dorm that she had cheated on him, and then apologized for whatever it was worth — he took one second to process before telling her that he never wanted to see her face again. They were both ashamed of those demons, both afraid to tel