I brought Jordyn to my house that night. We watched The Fault In Our Stars while eating chips and Pepsi. Everything was cool, even though I hadn’t planned it: we had the entire downstairs to ourselves. Jordyn cried during the movie, so I held her in my arms. Then she rested her head on my shoulder and laced her fingers with mine. I almost fell asleep as I lay there, inhaling her strawberry smell.
After the movie finished, we chatted for half an hour before she had to go home. I helped her with her coat and her scarf.
Then I leaned in to kiss her goodnight. But she leaned down to do up her boots. I tried again, seconds later, but she simply tousled my hair and said goodnight. Then she left.
It shouldn’t have bothered me. But it did. I didn’t fall asleep for hours.
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Hiding From Us
Teen Fiction❝We can't win. We're fighting a spherical war. We're hiding from us. And we're losing.❞ This is the sequel to Looking At Us, where a new generation of teens come into Shain and Erick’s lives, and love becomes a force of power and weakness.
