RAIN
I clear my throat and look at her.
"I know I am not the most outstanding. I also know that I have a lot of weaknesses-"
Liam grabs my shoulder, shaking me a little. "Stop."
I don't look away from her, even as she looks at me disdainfully. "I know I am not the perfect match for him at all levels. But I do love him. I can give my life to save him. I can and would die for him."
"No one is asking you to die for anyone to prove your loyalty," the woman beside Grande joins in and I look down at my plate.
"It's not that we hate you," Grande goes back to her food. Every scrape of the knife on the porcelain makes me feel like she is cutting up my body. "It's just that this world of ours isn't a world people like you can integrate into."
Each word is a stab in my pride, my heart, my soul.
