This is embarrassing.
“I’m fine. I wasn’t looking either.”
He grabs a book I dropped and hands it to me. “Here, you must have dropped this.”
I smile and take the book. “Thank you.”
He nods and walks away.
“Do you have Kai’s number?” I ask Paige.
“No.”
Great. I don’t remember it. I should have memorized it.
After class, I stumble my way out into the hallway, only to be wrapped up in arms. I don’t need to see who it is to know whose arms these are. Butterflies fill my stomach. My whole body melts into him. He lays a kiss on top of my head. I look up at him and smile so big my cheeks hurt.
“Ew,” Paige says sarcastically.
I shoo her away with my hand and turn back to Kai. “I missed you.”
“I missed you too, B.”
We walk hand in hand toward the stairwell, out of the way of everyone trying to get to class. “I was looking for you all morning.”
“I woke up late and missed first period.”
“Did you party too hard over the weekend?”
“I partied. But not hard. It wasn’t the same without you.” He wraps me in his arms. I rest my cheek against his chest. “This sucks. We went all weekend without talking or seeing each other.”
Sneaking out pops into my mind. Should I tell him I tried it, and my mom didn’t wake up? If my mom didn’t keep me from him, I wouldn’t have to sneak out or have the thought of sneaking out again. The least she could do is let me talk to him on the phone.
“When do you think you’ll get your phone back?”
I laugh. “Probably never. My mom wants to ruin my life.” The bell rings, letting us know we are late for class.
“Do you want to ditch this period?”
I wrap my arms tighter around his midsection. “I thought you’d never ask.”
We book it and run to the nearby park.
“Remember spider?”
I focus my attention on what he’s looking at. A swing sways from the October breeze. Memories of us being together the first night I snuck out come up. “Yeah.” I straddle my legs over Kai, and we both start swinging together.
“What are you going to be for Halloween?”
I narrow my gaze at him.
“Halloween is in a couple of weeks. The parties are going to be epic with everyone dressed up.”
Good thing I can still sneak out. I smile at that thought. I’m not going to miss out on the Halloween parties.
“Why are you smiling so big? Do you think you can sneak out?”
“IknowI can sneak out.”
