“Is that gentleman perhaps the perpetrator of those godawful hickeys on your neck?” she snickered.
“MOM!” I groaned as I raced out of her room, embarrassed.
Having finally given in to my true feelings and having accepted Brandon meant that I was taking a huge risk at his expense. Our being together could potentially mean that he could die. Could was the key word here. However, when I was with him, I didn’t think of that. Actually, when I was with Brandon, I never thought of anything other than his presence around me.
Cheryl, Lacy, and Bethanie were all dropped jaws and bewildered eyeballs when they saw me and Brandon walk in through the school doors, holding hands. Things got so intense on the first day of school that they even did a whole section on me and Brandon dating in the school
