ESTEFANÍA He was kissing me. My legs wobbled at the touch of his lips on mine. Despite my mind screaming at me to push him away and resist, my impulse to reciprocate won out. I responded almost immediately, matching the rhythm of his mouth. My god, this man hadn't changed at all in the way he stirred desires in me that I didn't want to feel. Time stood still, and nothing else mattered but feeling that warmth and filling the void I'd had for four years. Joshua, it had always been Joshua whom I had desired all this time. Maybe that's why I could never have anything with anyone else, despite trying a couple of times. I could never take the next step because he was always present in my thoughts. The murmurs around us began to reach my ears, and many "awwws" filled the air. I snapped back

