“I thought it was time. You’ve been great about doing things with the kids around, I really appreciate it. But I thought it was time we had some time to ourselves, not chaperoned by a couple hundred students that could pop into the room at any moment.”
Thorne leaned back in his seat and watched Nancy for a moment. When he spoke, his voice had gone soft and low.
“Thank you.” He reached over and took her hand, squeezing it for just a moment before lowering it, they both rested in the small gap between where their legs barely kept from brushing against one another.
“I also thought we needed some time away from everyone, from the listening ears at the house and school to talk.”
His stomach leapt. It wasn’t the best lead in, but that didn’t mean whatever she wanted to say was bad. If she wa
