(Ethan)
I woke up smiling like an i***t.
Actually, no. There was no “like” about it. I was an i***t.
Because somehow, after weeks of trying not to push too hard, Clara Stone was officially my girlfriend.
My girlfriend.
Just thinking about it made me grin all over again as I got ready for class.
I had barely slept last night. Every time I closed my eyes, I kept replaying everything from dinner. The way she looked when she walked into the restaurant. The way she smiled when she laughed. The way she said yes so softly like she didn’t even realize how badly I wanted to hear it.
I was completely gone for her.
By the time I got to campus, I already knew people were going to notice something was different about me.
Maya noticed first.
She looked up from her coffee the second I walked in
