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Her fingertips graze against mine, and she’s ti from her feet to my shoulders, to both sides--she’s unsure how this is done, of how to dance…with h, I put my hands on her waist, turn her to the side and sweep her up so she’s in s kicked off to the side "Put your ar, and we’re allowed to be a ruler’s length away from each other"

"Oh, really," she says, her sets close to h to whisper, "I don’t think the teachers are looking"

She pulls herself tight against me, her arms around my neck and shoulders, and rests her head just below ht hand, I reach for ainst her back, o

It isn’t perfect The CD skips a few ti sound--like a vibrator But if I had to venture to guess, I would say that this moment--this prom experience--kicks every other pro deeper into the crook of ot it, baby," I say, and she squeezes hter

I like it when she calls me Tyson And she just let ic That’s the only way to describe what Ty does when I’…less He takes it all away He doesn’t think he’s roirl ants the proposal in front of thousands at the hockey ga that happen for someone else, because I do! I just don’t wanta goal

I like siic in simple And these simple moments are just for me and Ty, and nobody else

He’s held s, and Ius in a slow circle He’s rocked me once or twice, too

His left hand has slid aroundthe side of lides along my cheek in a way that honestly makes me feel beautiful The CD starts to skip badly now, and even that soht

Ty reaches over and smacks the top of the player, and itthat isn’t remotely romantic, and it h

"Where did you even get this CD?" I ask

"Record Exchange," he says, sinning I like the beginning I like the thought of staying here, like this all night, starting over and over

"I hope you didn’t pay ot it for free Well…sort of," he says, and I lean back, quirking an eyebrow up "I traded in one of Nate’smy head down on his shoulder, ainst his bare chest so I can feel the movement of his muscles, his heart, his skin

"No, he won’t I watched it a shitload uy"

"Oh," I say, suddenly uncoht of Ty and porn and me And Nate And, oh God! He can feel the heat onto lookto bury myself under his arm

"Cass, what kind of movie did you think I’d trade in for a shitty CD?" he says, amused by my embarrassment

"I don’t know I just… Do you, like…watch that stuff? I mean, with your brother?" I’uys in high school used to play theirls blush It never botheredabout it with Ty is…weird

"First off, you don’t watch porn You use it," he says, and I hold up my hand and slide from his lap to ht, in our dance, right now the urge to bury ood Don’t need to hear anyhis chair and lying flat alongside me When I try to cover my face with my hands, he pulls them away