His image flashed in my mind, those familiar dark eyes that made my insides twist a little when I remembered them.
The word friend seemed to fit there, but...
Last I checked, you didn’t kiss your friends.
The truth hit me like a brick.Heat flushed my cheeks as I tested out the word in my brain I didn’t dare say out loud.
Boyfriend.
Was Miles...was he my boyfriend?
I thought I’d remember if I had a boyfriend!Surely, that was something I’d remember, because up until then, IknewI had never had a boyfriend or kissed a guy!
But apparently, I did.Before my soul was separated from my body.
I groaned as I settled my head in my hands, a wicked headache forming.
Why did I feel like nothing was making sense?
Like the answer was searching for was dependent upon a question I didn’t know how to ask?
My body was hot like a flame, and Valory broke away from her stupor.
“Are you okay?”I asked, stealing a glance up at her.
“You are askingme?”she said, her lips pulling up into a half-grin.
“You just seem...different,” I tested.“You and Endor seem...different.”
Valory pursed her lips as she settled her back against the bench, crossing her legs.
It was the first time I got a good look at her change of clothes, and I couldn’t deny the get up was kind of gothic and edgy and...I dug it.
A flash of memory sparked in my brain; of black jeans and converses and laughter.
Miles.
My...something.
Boyfriend wasn’t quite right, I knew that in my heart, but...
Maybe I wanted him to be my boyfriend.
I certainly wanted to kiss him, that much I knew.
Valory watched off in the distance, her arms crossed in front of her chest.Her long hair fell in waves around her, and her jaw was set as she watched the horizon like a hawk.
Forhim.
Endor.
And suddenly, I caught up.
“Wait...did something happen between you two when I was gone?”
Valory tensed as she turned to me with surprise.
“What?”
