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I didn’t answer at first and uy, and he seemed to be alone

“Are you here for the fence?”

His eyes narrowed slightly,rude But in my defense, he was late and had interruptedwas a pretty i to my parents, which was one of the reasons they’d sent me to Gram’s for the summer In the city, they were at work and I was alone—free to sleep as long as I wanted to and free to spend my days in pajamas

Graured out how to uilt me out of my pajamas

“Who are you?” he asked instead of answering my question

“Who are you?” I shot back

“I asked first”

Okay, what are we, like, five?

He scrubbed at his chin and sort of sighed I got the ireat uess ere even on that count

I’ at each other with only the buzzing of the bees in the honeysuckle to fill the space between us I shifteddown the back ofthat hadn’t been brushed in days

“Monroe,” I finally answered

“Monroe,” he repeated, as if he didn’t believe me

I tugged my cami strap back into place

“You have a problem with my name?”

He shook his head, “nope,” and ran his hand across the back of his neck I’m sure he did it because it pushed his chest out