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We don’t want to be the big, scandalous Cody and Trey

Bobby and I transcend every box Spruce and all its gossip-hungry hens would try to shove us into We don’t fit into a single one of them, anyway

Plus, there’s so special and powerful about e have It’s beautiful, even in its secrecy It’s fun It’s exciting

And it’s all ours

No one else’s

“I’e with cute bravado

Weeks have passed since that night when Bobby helped inity

If that’s what it’s called

I extend a hand toward him “Let’s see if you remember all the steps, then Come here, boy”

“Boy?” Bobby snorts, then struts right up to th “You better recognize who yourI ain’t no boy”

He snaps into position in front of , hands clasped to mine

I sht Then prove it”

The music kicks on

Five, six, seven, eight …

And our dance begins

Of course, we’ve been doingthese past feeeks Bobby and I have engaged in several productive and important tasks

Such as secret rendezvous in ”

And in the barn for “discussing foot technique”

And out in the woods for … well, I forgot our excuse for then

Whatever the reason is, I’h to admit that they’re all flat-out lies The si hands off each other

The last stroke of music plays, and Bobby and I stop in place, posed, our fierce gazes locked on one another’s

Bobby cracks a smile

I do, too

Ten minutes later, we’re in my bedroom with the door shut and locked

Another ten minutes later, we’re naked

Give another ten, the dirty pair of us have made another mess on the bed and our bodies are drenched in sweat

This is our lives now

“Are you sure I’h for you?” he asks me

It’s around eleven at night, several nights later, and we have cli of roof that stretches out from beneath it My mama despises when I cli especially high on cloud nine tonight with Bobby at my side to care

I turn ainst h?”