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I exhaled “So that means…”

“It means that we blow off study session It irl, and he and I will be there to pick you up at noon Are you sure about this?”

I was off the floor and already heading up to my room, so yeah, I was pretty sure

“There are only two bedrooms up there, and Brent has already claimed the sofa”

This was obviously his way of warninga roo sweet I wanted so more

I thought ofto be happy when all he was doing was destroying what little bit of happiness his fa like that? What rong with being true to yourself and being honest?

I wanted Trevor That was my truth That was o, but I trusted hih to know I’d be safe He was the one who’d pulled back at the old mill, not me

“That’s okay,” I said when I reached the top of the stairs “You can sleep on the floor”

He laughed, and I felt a bit of the heaviness incruel”

“See? I suck at flirting”

“Actually you don’t”

“Don’t what?”

“Suck”

“At flirting?” God, Everly Just Stop Talking

“Yeah” I could picture the grin on his face “At flirting”