"Wow, you really hit her?" Taylor asked me, smiling in shock.

I nodded and looked down in slight embarrassment. Our legs dangled over the ledge as we talked, sitting side by side. "Yeah. She seemed to like- wait, I shouldn't be telling you this."

Taylor rolled her eyes. "Quinn," she began. "Trust me, she's told me a lot more."

"Well, she liked it... rough..." I began hesitantly, rewarded with a nod. "And, I... don't know... some part of it felt good to keep going. I just wanted to... I mean, yeah. I just wanted to."

"Huh. Wow." Taylor's gaze was straight forward, not on me.

"What?"

"It's nothing, it's just..."...