15 CHRISTOPHER As Emma left my room, I sat there shocked and speechless. I didn’t know what to do. All I knew was that I wanted her more than ever, and I knew she had to want me too. I knew it was the secrecy of it all that had stopped her from letting anything more happen between us. I didn’t know how to get around that, though. No matter what scenario I imagined to tell her parents about my feelings for Emma, nothing seemed like it would work. How was someone supposed to approach their friend with that kind of information? ‘Oh, hey, Sebastien, I really like your daughter, so she and I are going to start hitting it hard and heavy. Okay, ol’ buddy?” I could just imagine how that would end—with me on the floor after a well-deserved punch to the face. Needless to say, the rest of the w

