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“Lee Lee,” Corah coos She steps in

front of hi his attention, but Liam looks past her To us “Don’t be silly You should be thrilled your two best friends are together We can double date now!”

“Yeah” Asher wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me out of Lia next Friday night?”

Liam’s eyes widen and then narrow onaze I hate it I want the strength I had o, when I shoved it in his face that he lost all say in what I do when he irl who lives freely without worrying about what a guy who never gave two shits about her, until now, thinks Most iiving up on us and I think the way to do that is to ical explanation for why he’s acting this way He’s jealous

Maybe that’s why I reach my hand up and cup the back of Asher’s neck

Maybe I’ued by the tiny flutter in my stomach from when Asher’s head dips

And maybe, just h ainst mine

The kiss lasts a fraction of a second, but it’s long enough to set ue, Asher’s lips make me weak at the knees I don’t understand why he has this effect on ave up on my pathetic excuse of a crush when he calledinside e

Asher pulls back and rests his chin on my shoulder His heart beats wildly in his chest, and mine mimics the rhythm Hard thumps Fast thrums

“Liam” He smirks “It’s been fun, but there are only five minutes left of lunch and I plan to use every minute of it If you knohat I mean”

Asher takes my hand in his He pulls me out of the cafeteria and we run down the hallway then duck into the empty art room He closes the door behind us and that bubble in htening with every strained breath Breaths that, no s So I take another and another Each one faster than the last, but there’s never enough air

I kissed Asher

I let Liam and everyone else in the cafeteria think I moved on with his best friend

I Ruined Everything

“Breathe, Ellie” Asher rubs his hands downdown my cheeks