EMILY

I took off my coat as I walked out of the lab. It was a long day, not in front of a laptop but with a microscope instead. I was thinking of falling on the bed once I got back to Alex's house and sleeping off, but then I remembered I made plans with that jerk, Justin. I didn't even know why I eventually agreed to him, but I was hoping he stuck to his decision and left me alone after it.

Honestly, since he came, I wasn't the best of myself, but I was trying to not let it show.

It was true that we never had proper...