Wade blinked, his body stiffening as I pressed my face into his shirt, my embarrassment burning so brightly that I was surprised he wasn’t flinching away from me. ‘Uh . . never?’ he asked, his voice a bit raspy. ‘No’ I muttered; my voice muffled by the fabric of his t-shirt. ‘Um, wow’ Wade mumbled, ‘that wasn’t what I was expecting.’ I pushed away from him, turning around so he couldn’t see my face, ‘I’m not very popular OK? People don’t even know I exist, it kind of makes it hard to have those teenage moments’ I replied defensively. Wade grabbed my arm again, turning me around to face him, catching my chin in his strong hands as he brought our eyes together, ‘hey, it’s not a big deal’ he said quietly. I laughed humourlessly, ‘yes it is! I’m trying to get the attention of the hottest

