Beautifully Broken by Amanda Bennett Read Free Book Online

to smoke and chitchat. I made my way over to the drink table and
poured a tall shot of vodka in a random shot glass. I threw it back and slammed
the glass back down on the table.
     
    Once my distorted face went
back to normal, I filled up another and shot that one back too. I could feel
the warm liquid coating my insides and I knew it was only a matter of time
before I would be feeling the effects. I was in the midst of pouring myself
another shot when I felt a hand on my shoulder. Thinking it was Hannah; I
quickly turned with a second shot in my hand ready for her. I must have turned
too quickly because one of the liquid filled glasses was now all over some
guy’s shirt.
     
    “Oh shit. I am so sorry.” I
reached back to the table for some napkins and absentmindedly started wiping
off his shirt myself. I slowly looked up from beneath my lashes and my voice
literally caught in my throat. It was him !
     
    “It’s you.” I finally
stuttered.
     
    “It’s you.” He smiled, and I
melted. His teeth were perfectly straight and bright white. His lush lips pulled
up over them in the most perfect smile I had ever seen.
     
    I couldn’t help but smile
back. “It is me. I’m Bennett by the way. I don’t think we ever had a proper
introduction.”
     
    “Hi Bennett. I’m Raylon.
Welcome to my place.” He held his arms out as if I was supposed to be
impressed.
     
    I laughed, a real laugh for
the first time in weeks. “This is a nice place you have here,” I winked.
    He laughed a loud boisterous
laugh that made me smile from ear to ear. My faded memory of the first time we
had met didn’t do him justice. He was in incredible shape. His black shirt
hugged every curve and ounce of muscle that made up his upper body. His T-shirt
was paired with ripped jeans and a pair of flip-flops. He was the epitome of
sex, and he was standing here talking to lil ol’ me.
     
    “Are you okay?” I heard
Hannah come up beside me a minute later. “Oh my gosh have you been drinking?”
Her eyebrows were pulled together, a smile tugging at her lips.
     
    “Yes Hannah, I am drinking.” I couldn’t help but smile. Hannah was always trying to get me to
drink. I never wanted to, until now.
     
    “Well, thank the fucking
Lord. It’s about damn time you stopped being so good all the damn time.” She
wrapped her arm around my shoulders while handing me a cup of some concoction
she had made. I could already tell she was beyond drunk, but I was quickly
starting to catch up.
     
    I threw back the drink and
reached for another before I realized that Raylon was still standing in front
of us. “Oh sorry. Han this is Raylon, Raylon this is my best friend Hannah.
He’s the guy that ran into me in the hall the last day of school.” I
arched my eyebrows at her.
     
    “Oh...well Raylon, seems you
left quite the impression on our lil Bennett here.” She smiled over at me,
“Well, it was nice to meet you Raylon. I’ll come catch up with you in a bit,
Bennett.” She turned and gave thumbs up behind his back so he couldn’t see her.
     
    “Sorry about my friend.” I
said.
     
    “Nothing to be sorry about.
She seems like fun.” He smiled while taking a sip from his red solo cup.
     
    “She is. So, what year are
you?” I knew I sounded stupid but it was the only thing that came to mind.
     
    “Senior. I’ll actually be
graduating in January, a couple months before all these losers.” He chuckled as
he waved his arms towards everyone in the room.
     
    I couldn’t help but laugh
with him. His laugh was contagious. “I see. Well then, maybe I will see ya
around for the next couple months. I mean before you leave us losers.” I
feigned being hurt but then chuckled when he leaned in to apologize.
     
    We eventually made it onto
the couch and we talked about anything and everything. He was the only child of
a divorced couple. He had lived with is mom, and his dad never came around. He
just turned twenty-three at the end of summer. He had