Page 16 of Last Fall

I stared at the reply until my phone went dark. Damn. I stared so long my phone lit up again, reminding me I had a textmessage.

Erik:Not half as much I enjoyedyours.

Yep. Still stunning even a minute later. The screen went dark again, then immediately lit back up with a newmessage.

Erik:Shit. I went too far this time. I’m sorry. I swear I just wanted to make sure we were cool before the birthdayparty.

He was sweet. And genuine. I really believed that. So why was it so hard for me to accept that he had a crushonme?

Me:We’re cool.Promise.

I wanted to say that he hadn’t gone too far, that I wanted to kiss him again, but Iheldback.

Erik:See youSaturday?

My heart thudded with anticipation. Saturday. Two short days and his lips would be in kissing distance again—for better or worse. I still wasn’t surewhich.

Me:See you for unicornsandcake.

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