So tell me about you. Who is Pippa, in the broad scheme of things? He winks.I return the smile. Well, I’m an only child, born and raised in Chicago--Ah, Chicago. That’s the accent.I told you before, I...
The short pieces of his black hair are spiked out every which way. The poor lighting from the singular bulb on the ceiling over the shower exaggerates the dark circles under his eyes. He looks rough.A...
What’s going on? Who is he?She pulls in another deep breath, then bites her bottom lip. Mauro.Mauro? I ask, attempting to roll my tongue to pronounce it correctly. Is that his name or an insult?Her ex...
Quietly as possible, I unzip my backpack at the foot of my bed and feel around for my journal and the tiny book light. Keeping on my stomach and facing the end of my bed, I clip the light onto the cov...
You’re superstitious? His rough voice echoes above our heads, so he leans in closer and says, I didn’t really see that coming.I’m usually not, but I guess that got ingrained. Everyone in my circle kno...
We stop at the gate to the apartment, but Bruno’s still hanging on to me.The key, he says, swaying his hips. Pocket on left.So put me down and get it out.He lowers his lips to my ear. You get it for m...
Within several minutes, we’re at the front of the line. I assume we’re going to keep walking, but the young English couple in front of us has me take their picture, and then they offer to take ours. I...
I open my makeup compact and set it on the table next to the vase of flowers and let my mechanical pencil hover over the page. I adjust until I can see most of my face in the tiny mirror and start dra...
So tell me about yourself, I say, mentally rolling my eyes for sounding like an interviewer. Where’d you grow up? What’s your favorite color? Biggest fear? All the basics.He laughs, kicking at a clust...
I get it now. This is what kissing is really supposed to be. Any others before were merely run-throughs with understudies. Darren is a leading man.
I assumed this was a fishing boat, but it’s not dirty and it doesn’t reek of dead fish, so I’m not sure what Mauro just used it for. Joy riding? Drug trafficking? Hopefully not for driving girls out t...
You really didn’t see me trying to push him away?You did? Darren scratches along his jawline. I guess I was too angry to notice that.You were? So it was more than awkwardness. He was angry. The butter...
There you two are, Nina calls.She offers a smile almost identical to Chiara’s when she’s up to something. Nina drops Tate’s hand and presses the power button on her point-and-shoot camera. She motions...
Do you want to be a professor too?He shrugs. Maybe one day. I’d like to travel more first though, work on dig sites in places like Greece or Central America. Ancient civilizations are buried everywher...
Do you want me to get your back for you?Cringe. No, I’m fine.Okay, then could you get mine? I don’t really want the striped look you’re going for. A little too trendy for me. He laughs, snapping the l...
Darren, I begin, swallowing the lump in my throat and forcing myself to keep eye contact. I need answers. I can’t go back home without knowing exactly what there was or is between us. Why did you come...
Darren, this is Chiara, the friend I was telling you about. Chiara, this is my--this is Darren. I don’t know what I was going to stick in there after Friend? Can you be friends with someone if you do...
Darren spreads out the beach mats and drops his backpack on top of one. As soon as he crosses his arms and grips the hem of his shirt with both hands, I know what’s going to happen. I should look away...
Darren just kissed me. As many times as I’ve imagined him kissing me, the shock of it as a reality sends a quake through my entire body.I don’t believe it. I straighten and stare at his chin, his chee...
What was I saying before?I can’t let him get back to that train of thought, wherever it was headed.You were about to tell me your favorite color today.Huh? He squints, studying me.You said it changes...
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