Hayley wasn’t brave but in this moment, she felt as though she could count herself as brave. Her heart was beating furiously in her chest and she could hear it thundering in her ears as she leveled her gaze with Alisha’s. She had said a lot of risky things in her life but holy hell this was one of the riskiest things she had ever requested from Alisha, one of the riskiest things she had ever requested in her whole life. Sure it was an innocent statement but those few words hung in the air, weighted with so much implication.
For most people, getting to know someone wasn’t such a big deal but for Hayley, it was. She hardly ever stayed in one place too long, between her father losing jobs, picking up bad habits and getting them kicked out of packs, and their financial problems, Hayley never
