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He lifts my chin up to face him. Why aren’t you afraid of bein’ with me?Are you kidding? I’m terrified. I focus on the tattoos running up and down his arms.I can’t pretend to live a squeaky-clean life. He holds up my hand so it’s palm against palm with his. Is he thinking about the difference in the color of our skin, his rough fingers against the nail polish on the tips of mine? In some ways we’re so opposite, he says.I thread my fingers through his. Yeah, but in other ways we’re so similar.That gets a smile out of him, until Enrique clears his throat again.I’ll meet you here at eleven on Sunday, I say.Alex backs away, nods, and winks. This time it’s a date.

Simone Elkeles

He lifts my chin up to face him. Why aren’t you afraid of bein’ with me?Are you kidding? I’m terrified. I focus on the tattoos running up and down his arms.I can’t pretend to live a squeaky-clean life. He holds up my hand so it’s palm against palm with his. Is he thinking about the difference in the color of our skin, his rough fingers against the nail polish on the tips of mine? In some ways we’re so opposite, he says.I thread my fingers through his. Yeah, but in other ways we’re so similar.That gets a smile out of him, until Enrique clears his throat again.I’ll meet you here at eleven on Sunday, I say.Alex backs away, nods, and winks. This time it’s a date.

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About Simone Elkeles

Simone Elkeles (born April 24, 1970) is an American author known for the teen romance Perfect Chemistry trilogy and How To Ruin trilogy. She is a New York Times Bestselling young adult author. Simone has won the 2010 RITA Award for Best Young Adult Romance from the Romance Writers of America for her book Perfect Chemistry. The sequel to Perfect Chemistry, Rules of Attraction, appeared on USA Today Best Sellers List and The New York Times Best Sellers List.