July's POV:
It was the most restless night I had in a while. I was not supposed to feel the way I did. I mean, technically I just came out of a rather toxic relationship. Could I even call it that? Vivian played me. She hurt me and toyed with my feelings. The way she talked to Veronica about me at the Halloween party cut deeper than I wanted it to. The night I heard it I cried my eyes out and swore to myself to not let this happen to me again.
The talk I had with her the day after was unnerving too. I got everything off my chest. Every bottled-up boiling anger from the night before. It was supposed to hurt her or make her flinch at least. Yet it didn't. Vivian just kept smiling at me and her voice never wavered. How could someone be that confident and smug about hurting someone else? As much as I hated to admit it I kind of envied her for that confidence. If I was anywhere close to that level of self-assured I would not find myself in this situation right now.