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"Or would I?" he says, one brow arched

"You look like one of those cartoon superheroes when you eous," he winks, and I can’t help but laugh He gives s "You think I’, but you can’t detect my superhero-ness, because I haven’t unleashed my super powers on you yet You weren’t ready--ready to withstand the blast of od, you are literally full of crap this hter

"Mere mortal You may be ninja, but you could never co hi my head and body to fall deep into the mattress and pillow

"And eapon is that?" I ask, suddenly feeling a little out of breath

"This," he says, closing the s ht His mouth possesses ed between both of his arainst mine when he pulls away from our kiss to breathe

"Totally unaffected," I whisper, wanting to tease, but unable to execute ht really be a super power

"Liar," he says, the corner of his lip pulling up at the side just enough to produce that perfect di in for the final kill

When he pushes away fro the end of the bed, I feel cold, and there’s a part of me that wants to pull him back down to lie next to ood Needy doesn’t get you a boyfriend Needy doesn’t keep a boyfriend So I just look at his and bend forward to reach his shoes

"What’s on your agenda today?" I ask, immediately worried that even that sounds needy

"I have sos to take care of, and I think I have one client at two But then…" he leans forward one final time to reach et--dinner withto keep the covers overI won’t have the distraction of a football game to keep conversation--the one-on-one kind--to a minimum with Ty’s parents

Ty e expression, and then I realize why I’m still in his shirt

"Oh! You probably need this, huh?" I say, sitting up and pulling one arot a whole closetful down the hall I think I can make it safely a few feet to the east," he says, his eyesdown to the exposed skin onme, and I let him I actually move the blanket a few extra inches away for a better view My , but wanting to hear it anyway I’ him talk about ot the shirt off completely before I stopped you," he s away So I let hio, and simply blow him a kiss as he disappears out my door

Play it cool, Cass

I bury my head inI did and said over the last twenty-four hours--hoping it was enough, but never too much

After a fast shower, I head back to our room and slip into my cotton shorts and T-shirt My body is tired today It’s been tired all week The few hours I have before my dinner--the one where I have to sit down and talk with Ty’s parents--are necessary, unless I want to spend the entire night worrying about tingling legs or strange eye pain I haven’t had any syo, but I’ I feel

Roalks in onlyAnd that ht I knoasn’t a real fight, but still…I was pushy I was pushy because I really wanted ht, with Ty But before I fell asleep, I did think of Roorried that she wasn’t as okay as I was The sh, even as she slides a small, opened cereal box onto her desk shelf