35“CAN'T STOP THIS FEELING” – Justin Timberlake There had to be at least seventy-three bruises on her arms and legs from practicing an insane stunting sequence for homecoming over and over and over again. Even though it just wasn't going to happen. She'd been kicked and kneed and elbowed quite enough for one day. Worse than that, she was forced to wait on the curb for her mom to pick her up. Like she was twelve. Luke didn't have to be at school late, and his uncle's house wasn't exactly down the street. Kim claimed she had plans after practice and couldn't give Vanessa a ride, but things between them were so weird it could have easily been a lie. So she sat, swearing to the universe that if the bruises didn't heal before the dance and they showed up in her photos, heads were gonna roll.

