Page 30 (1/2)

"But there’s more"

Eleanor shook her head "What? He asked you to run aith hihed "No When he brushed against , and when he put them to my lips, my breath went co she wouldn’t think I was going insane, which I already knehat Annie would think And for good reason, too It was unreal

"What do youcold air?"

I nodded

"That is weird I don’t know Maybe you were just nervous being that close to hiht your breath went cold, when it was probably just a draft or so"

The library was kind of cold And Dante said he didn’t feel it Ittricks onpast our door, her yardstick clicking behind her Even though ere allowed to talk after curfew, there were no locks on the doors, and it was better not to give Lynch an excuse to punish us Eleanor squeezed my ankle and hopped off the bed While she pulled her class notes out of her bag, I slipped under the covers with es, the words and nuining him in front of me so that I could study the contours of his face, the texture of his smell, the fluctuations of his voice, until all I would remember for my math quiz was the way I felt when he whispered my name

CHAPTER 6

The Forgotten History

LATIN WASN’T SO BAD WHEN YOU WERE LEARNING it from the most beautiful boy in school The next Friday Isession He was sitting on a radiator, which was on even though it was still September It was Maine, after all His hands were shoved in his pockets as he leaned against the thick blue drapes behind hiallant in his solitude My insides fluttered After running a hand throughmy skirt, I approached him

"Aren’t you hot?"

He looked confused and then sawat the heater below him "Oh No, I didn’t even notice it" He suess I’ and carried it while alked I figured ould study in the library, but the librarian was so strict about noise that it would have been iested we use an empty classroom in Horace Hall "Are we allowed to do that?" I asked

He s as we’re quiet"

Dante led , he cracked open the door and looked inside The room smelled faintly of Mrs Lumbar’s perfume "Come on," he said, and we slipped inside

"It’s the declensions you’re having problehabout declensions is that they give each word a personality Depending on the other words it’s paired with, each noun or object takes on a different form and different sound"

A lock of hair fell in front of his face, and he pushed it behind his ear and looked at ly could actually be beautiful when coupled with the right pronoun It’s sort of like when two people bring out the best qualities in each other"

I blushed He was talkative around h I didn’t want to ad about my parents’ deaths hen he was around

"Sorry," he said, noticing that he’d ood ords"

"That’s not true I really liked your explanation I think I understand a little more now"

"You understand more about me, or about Latin?"

"Latin Other than theabout you Your past"