So much for trust. “Can you breathe?” Ocean asks. My whole body goes limp, and I begin to wonder if I have any fight left. “I’m failing so badly. How can it all be going so horribly? They’re moving forward as if I’ve said nothing in warning. Are they that stubborn? Stupid? Am I just really bad at a job I used to think I was good at?” Ocean pulls me into him and wraps his arms around me, putting my brain in that fuzzy, swirly place that I’m starting to love. Maybe not thinking is the answer for me right now. “We’re all learning together,” he whispers. “We’ll figure this out.” “I’ve already learned, Ocean.” “I know.” His hands rub up and down my back. “Let’s hope Landon makes it back safe and then we can sit down and talk again. “When you kissed me on the sidewalk, that was my first kiss.”
