Neither of them spoke for what felt like forever.
The field had gone loud again around them, but Lily could barely hear anything over the pounding in her chest.
Jason was still standing across the grass looking pleased with himself.
Ryan looked like he wanted to be anywhere else.
Emily, naturally, looked as if she had just witnessed history and intended to talk about it for the rest of her life.
Noah finally lowered his hands from his face.
Slowly.
Like he was still trying to recover from the fact that Lily had said it back.
Not wrong.
His gaze found hers again almost instantly.
And this time, Lily didn’t look away.
Her whole body felt too aware of him now.
Too aware of the way he was standing there in front of everyone, still a little stunned, still a little nervous, still loo
