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But I didn’t see how I could keep them both

Oren didn’t contactthat night

I’m sure there was plenty he wanted to say, like, "What the hell did you ever see in that douche?" Or, "Please, fuck, telllower, than hi! But, nope, he went radio silent

I wasn’t sure what thatto tell hi hireat lounging lion, or panther, one of those huge jungle cats, the type that didn’t just beat the shit out of its prey, but played with it first, picking it apart liht that was hot, but I did

So noanted to know if he was so disgusted by my past choice of boyfriends that he was done with o fro scared the shit out of me

When he finally textedSander out of e What if it said so like, We need to talk? I didn’t want to have one of those talks I wasn’t done with hiirl panties--or at least irl panties--and cracked open one eye to read it that way When it said, Let’s go out today, the other eye popped open

"Huh?" Instead of texting back, I dialed his nu about?" I demanded as soon as he answered

"What do youabout? It wasn’t a coo out or not?"

"What do youstumped "Likeout Outside Out in public Justout"

"Butwhatwe can’t go out"

"Why not?"

"B-because!" I sputtered "What if someone saw us and told Noel? Heck, what if Noel saw us?"

"I swear, Noel is the only person left on earth who doesn’t know about us by now, and I’ to wonder why he doesn’t"

My ht he’d said? "What’re you saying? Do you want to tell him?"