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I never bring up Josh My es to hies and that I don’t write any h Okay, so two lies This one ht not be as easy to explain away

The hallway is eerily empty when I exit the elevator, which always uess most students are in their classes by now I’ve learned there are only a few of us who preferclasses I happen to have a pretty full schedule--ith trying out a little bit of everything--so oes until three thirty

After jiggling the door handle, I start to feel silly The door is locked, and I a through my head at all ti to the floor One drawback to having a back-to-back kind of schedule is the pressure it puts on my spine One philosophy class and one art history class alone add up to fifteen pounds in books But those tere definitely ht direction with art Today was all about looking at pictures of fa I saw inspired me

When my socks and underwear spill onto my feet, I immediately know that Nate was here Son of a bitch! I pull the next drawer out and the sas are in a pile atme in the face

"That uy standing at your door," Nate says, and my heart kicks

"That hbor ofet toup my delicates first, h, is quickly by rabbing the silky black pair of underwear froirly pair of panties I own, and I bought theift card my aunt sent me She wanted me to buy nice bras, but I hate the foo-foo ones they have at that store, and I can’t stand the idea of spending forty bucks on a bra So I bought underwear--six boy shorts and one fancy panty I was saving those, but lord knows for what

Nate just sits back on ether my dresser "Real funny there, Preeter But you better watch your back," I say,in a et back at hi to a screeching halt

"Oh, I also wanted to give you these They, uhhh," he ss hard handing nize instantly "They fell out of one of the drawers I didn’t want theet lost"

I don’t turn them over to look at them, and instead just shuffle them into a neat pile and tuck theirl in those photos It’s hard to see Josh, but it’s even harder to see ?" Nate says, and ets shorter and shorter

"Depends," I say, not looking hi on each drawer until they are all lined up and shut neatly again I sit on Cass’s bed when I’m finished, and keep ety, and I knohat he wants to ask, but I don’t kno to answer it

"That guy? The one in the pictures? You said he was your boyfriend Is he…still your boyfriend?"

Speechless This is the same question I’ve asked the universe a o I asked my mother before I left to coivesone to Nate

"I have to go," I say, grabbing h my door to the stairs so I don’t have to wait for the elevator I stop at the top of the first floor and I sit down on the steps, tuckingmyself to breathe Breathe deeply, Rowe

I don’t kno long I hide there, but when I come back upstairs, my door is open and Cass is home

"Damn it, Rowe! I didn’t want to be a part of this war, but looks like I’ around the pile of clothes at her feet and flipping over her own drawers "Tell me what you need me to do I’m all in You don’t mess with an Owens sister!"