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It was funny how being so wired for Amy made all of my normal anxiety seem like a joke When your body’s on fire, and every nerve ending pulses with its own score, who gives a shit about the hts? The resolution was i, in fact, asinto , brown hair, her sweet skin, the way she was so ani to her friends

I walked into the cafeteria and halted at the threshold My stoave it a long enough stare, and everything in my mind was pure, unadulterated chaos

Boom, boom, boom

Amy, Amy, Amy

We had about fifteen s, and if Talia hich was pretty iven, then it was all about the power of opponent, and how many debates we’d lost I didn’t kno A sheets were pulled down already, so I had to ask her Thank God I had to ask her, that h That ers itched to play She would be the best instrument of my life if she would let me My mind wandered as I stood there, and then suddenly she appeared, as if conjured by soic that lust taps into Except, it wasn’t just lust – if it were that, I could have handled it This was a chord that ran so deep insideof the sound

Ah my body from toe to head, but settled in between Thank God for suit jackets

"Can I talk to you?" she asked softly Her voice was like a caress, like a stroke, as if her hand had reached down intoin her half-lidded eyes told entle, and s to be unleashed I wanted to be the one to open that door Maybe we could open each other’s doors and find the treasures inside She reached over and took my hand, not palm to palm, the way you hold a friend’s hand, or a little kid’s, but interlacing the fingers like a promise of bodies entwined, all in the forly, and ent into a classrooh heels, but damn, the lines of her calves, the way it made her hips sway, s that were new and old all at once

"I , "will you go to proo to the sao to prom It seemed like a stupid ritual that a bunch of us had decided to forgo in favor of just hanging out, getting drunk, and then going to after-prom parties But for Arunt, "yes, of course"

The tux, the limo, the flowers, the dinner, the ritual and the silliness, all started toinside me just rose up and I leaned down to take her ave freely The resolution, the question of s, the tournaers that had intertwined with mine, wrapped around ry, ourinvitations that I hoped to God would be extended till the end of time

"Hey," a voice barkedRoss We pulled apart He shot us a what the fuck? look

"How can you s were just announced"

"What do you mean?"

"Talia took number one, she was the only one undefeated, but there are four people, two debates, to square off for spots two and three I’m not one of ‘em, obviously," he said, bitter, "but you two are"

Amy looked atup and down in those spiked high heels, boobs bouncing hypnotically I could stare at those all day "We did it, we did it"

Ross cut us off "Don’t get too excited," he said, "you two are squaring off"

Her face went slack and based on the way my muscles felt, mine must have, too We both came to a dead halt, her hands frozen on my forearms I just stared at him, horrified, unable to look at her eyes "What?" we both said in unison

"It’s you two against each other Only one of you is going to Nationals"

Now I turned, aossip ive a shit My mouth went dry, my body froze

"Oh, Sa with tears

I could handle anything but this Not A like it came from an echo chamber All I could do was reach for her and pull her into my arms She smelled so sweet, and her body was so lush