Simone Elkeles Quote

You ditched school to see if I was okay?I nod because my tongue won’t work.Alex steps back. Well, then. Now that you’ve seen I’m , go back to school. I gotta, you know, get back to work. My bike was impounded last night and I need to make money to get it back.Wait! I yell. I take a deep breath. This is it. I’m going to spill my guts. I don’t know why or when I started falling for you, Alex. But I did. Ever since I almost ran over your motorcycle that first day of school I haven’t been able to stop thinking about what it would be like if you and I got together. And that kiss…God, I swear I never experienced anything like that in my life. It mean something. If the solar system didn’t tilt then, it never will. I know it’s crazy because we’re so different. And if anything happens between us I don’t want people at school to know. Not that you’ll agree to have a secret relationship with me, but I at least have to find out if it’s possible. I broke up with Colin, who I had a very public relationship with and I’m ready for something private. Private and real. I know I’m babbling like an idiot, but if you don’t say something soon or give me a hint of what you’re thinking then I’ll--Say it again, he says.That whole drawn-out speech? I remember something about a solar system, but I’m too light-headed to recite the entire thing all over again.He steps closer. No. The part about you fallin’ for me.My eyes cling to his. I think about you all the time, Alex. And I really, really want to kiss you again.The sides of his mouth turn up.Unable to face him, I look at the ground. Don’t make fun of me. I can take anything but that right about now.Don’t turn away from me, I’d never make fun of you.I didn’t want to like you, I admit, looking back up at him.I know. This probably won’t work, I tell him.Probably not.My home life’s not so perfect.That makes two of us, he says.I’m willing to find out what this thing is going on between us. Are you?If we weren’t outside, he says, I’d show you--I cut him off by grabbing the thick hair at the base of his neck and pulling that gorgeous head of his down. If we can’t exactly have privacy right now, I’ll settle for being real. Besides, everyone who we need to keep this a secret is in school.Alex keeps his hands at his side, but when I part my lips, he groans against my mouth and his wrench drops to the ground with a loud clink.