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The phone went silent after that, and Reed and I sat there listening to one another breathe--for ," he finally said I could sense the fear in his voice

I waited a little longer before finally answering "I guess, I’lad you didn’t sleep with sout-twisting hurt I was experiencing frood, Nolan, I’m so happy to hear you say that I ht for that second that I did that I love you so fking much I would never do that to you Not in a million years," Reed sounded so full of hope I couldn’t dash it Not again

"We’ll figure it out The draft, huh?" I said, letting the new facts of n with the other ones

"Yeah, the draft," he sounded happy for the first time since before I came face-to-face with Dylan Nichols "And I want you to be involved In everything"

I just nodded tonews that was going to hae to start when Reed cutIt’s Jason That’s really weird for hiet this We’ll talk toone before I was able to get out, "Me, too"

Chapter 5

Nolan

I used to love Fridays I spentstudents and finishing up homework The rest of the day and weekend was reserved for Reed and me--not a care in the world, like ere both locked in our own little ti this Friday

My appointment at the health center was just a few days away, and I had finally come to ter Myin the secret was starting to chip away atto suffer from my lack of concentration Thankfully, I was able to draft a bit off Gavin in our psych class, though I was careful not to get too close with him after our last study session

It was Reed’s bye week, so he was spending soe He had several practices, but there were at least two alet away Reed wanted to caain so he wouldn’t be too far fro to water ski in Mexico Jason was staying at the house, running things while Buck was out of co man in the world, and henurse while his dad was laid up with his leg

Reed called Thursday night after practice, during his drive to his dad’s, and spent et how Jason and I are related I mean, how hard is it to drive dad to a few appointments, make him dinner? Hell, all he has to do is heat the shit up, Rose does the actual cooking," Reed said, his stereo blasting in the background and the hipping in the phone from the open s of his Jeep "Sorry, I know I’ve been coet usts me"

Iintroductions He’d spent most of his time in New Mexico I was actually a little nervous about spending more time with him over the weekend, fearful that if Reed found hiot the distinct iene pool divided between the two Johnson brothers, Jason was mostly Millie, and Reed was a lotthis whole time You haven’t even had a chance to tell me about your day," Reed asked My day was honestly uneventful, and the only thing on nancy, my emotions still not ready to face the questions that ca at me once that little fact was out in the open And this conversation certainly wasn’t going to happen over the phone

Suck it up, Nolan Keep pretending "It’s okay, you’re allowed to be irritated, and I’lad you can talk to , so you’re nota lot," he was sincere, and when he said things like that, it made my heart race I believed him I just hoped he’d still feel the same and say those same words after we talked this weekend