Regina asked.Celeste looked to her parents, standing hand in hand in Rylan’s back yard. The sun threatened to burst through the clouds. The early morning light touched their feet.“Yes,” her father said. “Celeste?”“Ready.” She smoothed her blouse for the hundredth time that morning. She had strugg...
she asked.He didn’t say anything, but he kept moving through the line of trees surrounding her subdivision.“Hey, I—” She stumbled, catching herself with her hands and knees.He crouched beside her. “You okay?”“Fine.” She pulled herself to a standing position, ignoring his offered hand.“I guess I k...
I couldn’t believe I got to feel his lips again, that his strong shoulders were under my fingertips. The world righted itself, putting me back where I was supposed to be. I was just a tiny speck of matter in this giant universe, hurtling on a spinning planet through infinite darkness, but at leas...