Despite the fact that there was no teacher in the front of the room, the chatter that came in from the hall way had dwindled to a whisper here and there as everyone looked around for some direction. I saw a blond girl from my math class, but when we made eye contact, she looked away quickly witho...
The look on Celia’s face, and her hands on my cheeks, and what she’d said, had left me so near undone I actually did ask right away if I could take a shower. And she’d been happy to oblige, because that’s what you do with people who are so upset they’ve lost their manners. I’d barely gotten the w...
“I have been one acquainted with the night.” —“ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT,” 1928 June 8 I woke up afraid today. Afraid of what I’ve done, of what it means, of what I feel, and of what I could lose because of it all. Shane has been my constant every day for the past four years of my life, and until...
—James Earl Jones AS WE PADDLE back in the darkness, the only thing I can see in front of me is the line I’ve crossed—and it’s blinding. I can still feel Colton’s lips on mine, and the want in his touch, strong and gentle at the same time. And I can hear the sound of my name, whispered on his lip...