Even with knowing this question was coming, it still took Lizzie by surprise.
She paused for a moment before saying, “I don’t know. I like you both and don’t feel any preference for one of you over the other.”
When Deon sighed, Lizzie continued, “I know that’s not what you wanted to hear, but it’s the truth.”
She reached over and placed her hand on his arm.
“I like you both, but we’re only teenagers,” she told him. “We have our whole lives in front of us. Why should any of us have to choose who we end up with now?”
He didn’t look at her right away, but he didn’t pull away either.
Sighing again, he finally lifted his eyes from the table and said, “You’re right, Lizzie. It’s just that I’ve grown up hearing the stories of how my mom met my dad in high school, and they knew they
