Bittersweet Symphony
by J. L. Beck
I’m a bastard. An asshole. Most days I could give a shit what someone has to say to me. That is until I meet Kennedy Chaps. She’s different, she’s strong, well opinionated and completely naive to the person I am... My body, mind, and soul pull to her like no other. I could have her but I won’t. I won’t taint her. I won't shut out her light. We both have secrets, so deep that allowing them to escape would be like losing a part of the person we are. But as friendship morphs into something much deeper I feel myself confessing to my secrets. Things that could very well be the end of us. I’m a good girl. I don’t go out and party and I most definitely don’t sleep with half the student body. That’s what makes me and Ryder Winchester and unlikely duo. We would never work out, but yet I’m pulled to him like a moth to a flame. I want him, and I know he wants me. He has secrets that I know I could never understand but so do I. We all have secrets, things we hide from others in fear of what they would think of us if they ever found out. Sometimes it’s about finding the right person to tell your secrets too. Sometimes it’s about the risk. Sometimes two damaged souls can’t heal all wounds, sometimes loves not enough. Hearts get broken, people lose hope, and love dies. My names Ryder Winchester and this is my story.