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"This sucks," he hting did as to his features The line of his jaw seem more pronounced, his lips fuller, and his eyes were like two silver dollars shining back atat hi I could feelwarm and hoped desperately it was too dark for hiht a flicker of movement out of the corner ofuntil I felt him take ahold of my hand
Alex Cole was not the first boy I ever held hands with That honor went to ht me a chocolate rose for Valentineʼs Day and then moved to Illinois the next week Over the years there had been others - including Dalton Riley, the asshat Ashley had done the nasty with - but none of those times had felt like this With the other boys it had merely been skin on skin I rehtly or too loosely, how their palms had always been too dry or too sweaty
Alexʼs hand was perfect His skin was soft and warently, but with confidence My own hand felt small and delicate wrapped around his
I was, at that moment, in possession of the worldʼs happiest hand
I was also in possession of the worldʼs reddest cheeks I could hear s sounded shaky I couldnʼt tear my eyes away frohtly louder than I intended I had yet to fully regain control of en supply
Talley jabbed ed my eyes away froe While my eyes resolutely stayed trained on the play, my mind remained transfixed on Alex, who held hts came back up
"Dear, sweet Jesus, that ful," Talley said, hefting herself out of the tiny theater seat
"Did they totally skip the fourth act?" I asked I couldnʼt re Bianca
"The fourth act in which Lucentioʼs accent changed at least twelve times? The fourth act in which Kate actually tripped over Petruccioʼs foot and fell onto the stage? The fourth act which drug on forever? That fourth act?"
"U," I lied weakly Alex choked out a laugh behind ain I playfully elbowed hi sensation that raced up ently nodded her head in agreement "Iʼm sure that was it You were asleep"
"Shut up" I pushed Talley towards the door, blissfully aware of Alex behindI noticed as we exited the theater was howI noticed was how slick the sideas I didnʼt notice that it was snowing until I was sprawled on the pavement
"Scout! Are you okay?" Alexʼs face loomed above me