Comfortable Madness First PDF 4-13-18

“I need a smoke,” I said and got up to go to the Shack.
Miss Tris and Tad followed me. Wind still edged with the
smell of snow from the mountains cut through the spaces in the
walls. I shivered.
“You have to talk to her,” Tad said.
“She thinks I cheated,” I said.
Tad and Miss Tris blinked.
“Did you?” Tad asked.
I shook my head.
“Why does she think you did then?” Miss Tris asked.
“Something happened.”
They waited for me to tell them the story, but there was no
story to tell. We smoked until the bell rang. Miss Tris and Tad
ground out their cigarettes and started for the door. I couldn’t bring
myself to move.
“You coming?” Miss Tris asked.
“Later.”
They went in and Gid sighed.
“She will never love you like I do,” he said.
“I know.”
That was the problem. No one would ever love me the way
Tayla did. I wasn’t sure I wanted anyone to love me the way Tayla
loved me. I wanted Tayla but it seemed like she wanted nothing to
do with me.