you can’t say stuff like that
JOSH
yes, I can. It’s true. I think about you every night.
you make me so hot.
CLOVER
omg
JOSH
do you think about me like that?
you don’t have to be ashamed, baby
CLOVER
What if I said yes?
JOSH
I’d say I want to do a lot more than kiss you one day
I’ll meet you behind the club just before the fireworks. near the rocking chairs.
CLOVER
okay. I’ll be there.
That was the last of the conversation between Val and Clover. My teeth were grinding so hard I was surprised they didn’t chip.My neck was warm and the veins in my arms were practically pulsing.
My phone lit up. It was her. And in the time I’d spent passed out, this little thing between us had become so much more real, and the worst part was that nothing Val said was untrue.
CLOVER
Josh?
It’s me, I wanted to say. It’s fucking Bennett. The boy you’ve known your whole life. The boy who’s been hiding behind a mask for the last four years. The boy who’s been here all along.
JOSH
yeah?
CLOVER
I love talking to you.
JOSH
I love talking to you too
CLOVER
and sometimes I think I might love you
Fuck, fuck, fuck.
