Drew Starkey At The Venice Film Festival Red Carpet For His Movie 'queer'.

drew starkey at the venice film festival red carpet for his movie 'queer'.

❝ But you DID. ❞ he tells her. ❝ You went to him, and you fucked him.❞ And of all people it had to be one of her best friends -- one of the ones who looked down on what they had to begin with. He can't tell you which part of this truly hurts the most. All of it fucking stings so much worse than anything he's been told or had done to him ; and those are things that stack up tall. She claims she wasn't herself, and she's sorry. ❝ You feel like shit, now take just a minute and imagine what I'm feeling. What you feel right now can't fucking compare. I thought I was doing everything right. Being the good guy - looking out for you. Loving you. Everything I've done to change for the better has been because of you. And now...❞ None of it feels like it was worth anything. None of it feels like it matters.

And she begs him to not leave her , she even steps forward and he steps back. ❝ I don't know how to do right by you. I thought I was, maybe I'm just not suited for this boyfriend bullshit...❞ Thinking out loud he too feels like his whole world was just ripped away from him. That the darkness that has been just waiting for an excuse to creep back in is rearing it's head. All clouds with no silver lining as he looks at her.

❝ I gave your dad some information on where I went for help. What he does with it is up to him and I hope you get the help you need, that whoever hurt you gets caught and then maybe...Maybe then I can have my Kiara back. Because who they left...I can't. I'm sorry.❞

"I told you that I needed it." She tells Rafe. "I 𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓭 you." Looking up at him, she ignores his fists, ignores the anger he must be feeling. "That was my mistake, going to JJ like that. I shouldn't have, I 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀 that. . ." Kie is trying not to raise her voice, but fuck. . .

Had she completely forgotten that he had told her he was in love with her? Yes, in her rage, in her daze she had forgotten that Rafe had admitted that, and right to her face, in front of everyone. In front of JJ. Maybe that's why he was so open to having sex with her. . .

"I wasn't myself, okay?" She was fiending for something, for anything to satiate her 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭. "I'm 𝓢𝓞𝓡𝓡𝓨!" She shouts. "Do you not think that I don't feel like shit about cheating on you? I do." Her heart hurts, she's riddled with guilt. It shouldn't have happened, but it did.

"Rafe. . . . 𝓡𝓪𝓯𝓮." She panics when he throws his hands up and says he won't have that same mistake again. "Don't." She breathes. "Don't say that." Kie begs, taking a step forward. "𝓟𝓵𝓮𝓪𝓼𝓮 don't say that. . . " Fuck. Her world is crumbling. . . "Rafe! Don't leave me. . . "

Nicola Yoon The Sun is Also a Star

𝖮𝖽𝖽𝗌 𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖱𝖺𝖿𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽𝗇'𝗍 𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗅𝗈𝗏𝖾 𝗐𝖺𝗌, not by it's general definition or not by any concept of the feeling. Not with how things had gone in his life lately -- but with Kiara the meaning became more obvious to him. He kisses her slowly, keeping her close as he listens to those words.

Love is described as finding home in a person, not a place. And he's found that in Kie.

❝ I love you, too. ❞

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Having him hold her close, as close as he is - - - she knows that he feels safe in her arms as well. That, in turn, makes her heart hammer in her chest before she leans up and kisses him soundly. "I love you." She whispers, but she knows he'll hear it just fine, it's just the two of them so close.