"Yeah?" she yells back.
"Taco pizza!" Sebastian bellows.
"Yes! Please!" she screeches.
"Breadsticks or garlic cheese bread?" he asks.
"Garlic cheese bread," I moan.
Sebastian's eyes flare with desire and I hold my breath.
"It wasn't on purpose."
He narrows his eyes in response, then pulls his cell phone out of his pocket and orders the pizza.
Thin line. Thin line.Verythin line.
The pizza arriveSand we all start devouring it.
"Wow," Lex says to me. "I don't think I've ever seen you eat like that before."
I shrug a shoulder. "One, it's taco pizza; and two, I'm starving. Today's one of my full load days and I went to the library instead of the cafeteria during my free hour."
"You didn't eat all day?" Sebastian asks with a frown.
"I ate. I had a sandwich, fruit, and juice."
He's still frowning. "Why are you eating in the library?"
I slide my eyes sideways to Lex who's looking at me wide-eyed. She and Cam are the only ones I've told about this so far. Sebastian knows about the one time when he was there but nothing else and I just know he is going to be pissed.
"Why?" he prods.
I sigh, put my pizza down, and take a drink of my soda. "Each time I go to the cafeteria, Alison ends up spilling something on me or trying to trip me—"
"Or making fun of her. Or," Lex says with a snarl, "tormenting her about the accident."
Sebastian's eyes blaze with anger. "What the fuck? Why didn't you tell me?"
I sigh again. "I didn't want to burden you with my issues. It's just a little bullying."
"That doesn't sound like a little bullying."
Lex shakes her head. "It's not. I walked in to the cafeteria one day and saw what happens when Alison gets Liv alone. Let's just say I was super clumsy that day and ended up spilling my tray into her lap."
Sebastian doesn't crack even a hint of a smile. He's still pissed.
"Livvy, I know you don't like asking for help from people—and you really aren't because I'm offering—but you can't go through shit like that alone," he tells me. "I won't let you."
"She ignored you last time you tried, remember?"
"I didn't know that. How could I when you didn’t tell me? You need to tell me, Livvy."
It's not light bullying… it's heavy and humiliating and it hurts so much when she brings up the accident, trying to blame me. I've barely come to peace with the fact that they're all gone now and won't be coming back. I'm not ready to handle something like that.
Tears glisten in my eyes and I meet Sebastian's. I nod and his expression softens. He reaches for my hand and pulls me out of the chair and onto his lap on the sofa. I burrow into his embrace because it reallyisthat bad.
"What does Stone have to say about this?" he asks.
