My muscles ached and my bones were stiff from sitting in the same position on my windowsill for four and a half hours; back on the wall, knees brought up to chest with my arms wrapped tightly around them, my head leaning against the window. Despite it being sunny outside, I had never felt more miserably confused in my entire life. And that was really saying something, considering the company I kept. But it was that precise company whom was making me feel this way. Or at least, his actions were. Maybe I had made the biggest mistake of my life by almost-kissing Xian. Maybe it wasn't a mistake. Maybe it was for the best that I had a little taste of bliss. And I can assure you, bliss had never tasted sweeter. But it never lasted longer than a minute for me; in sixty seconds, our lips had bru

