Page 21 of Hard Rock Love
Dull. Uninteresting. Unremarkable. Forgettable. Boring. There were any number of words to describe what I was.
Seth examined me with a careful eye.
“This really bothers you, doesn’t it?” he asked.
I shrugged listlessly.
I’d always known I wasn’t anything special, especially not compared to my cool, popular, talented older sister. I’d been fine with that. Not everyone can be a star, after all.
But hearing those words from other people’s mouths…
I couldn’t deny that it hurt, in a bone-deep way that settled in my gut, twisting my insides until I couldn’t breathe. It hurt almost as bad as those rumors that I’d slept my way around campus. At least I could console myself that those rumors were false.
But being called out on those other things…
It was worse knowing what everyone said was true.
