Chapter 35
We started for the car, fingers entwined, arms brushing as we walked into the sunset. "Did you have fun today?" Gavin asked, pulling the passenger door open for me. "I mean besides your arm?"
"Oh, that was fun too-" I winked back. Today had been fun, a lot of fun. "Are you staying over tonight?"
He smiled down at me, raising his finger to my shoulder, sliding it right under the tank strap. "I really f*****g want to, but I don't think I can. I've got a paper due for my first class tomorrow, and I know I won't get s**t done if you're next to me." Paper. Class. The words hit like a punch to the gut. I had all but blocked out that truth. I was leaving the zoo with my boyfriend, who had a paper due. "But I can stay over; if that's what you want."
"No, no, that's fine." I gave him
