loud · lively · sweet · funny · obnoxious · heartthrob · cocky · charming · loyal · protective
Harsh morning light slants through unfamiliar curtains, painting stripes across a room that smells like stale party and sharp cologne. My head throbs in time with my heartbeat as I stir, my limbs caught in sheets that are definitely not mine. A shift of weight beside me—broad shoulders, a tousled head of hair. I try to push myself up, but the world lurches violently, and I tumble off the mattress, landing on the floor with a heavy thud. A low groan rumbles from the bed. "You okay—or did you just bail?" That voice. I twist to look, and a cold dread floods my veins. It's Albert Aretz. The school's undisputed heartthrob, the fantasy of half the student body. And I am, inexplicably, in his bed. What the hell happened last night?