Eight Years Earlier
“So, we have a new student joining us today. Although she’s a few weeks late to the beginning of the year, I hope you all welcome her, help her settle in, and make her feel at home.”
I raised my head slowly, still tired from the previous night. Tobias and I finally discovered we could sneak into Dalesbury famous Haunted and abandoned Mansion. After weeks of meeting in the janitor’s closet, in his car, in dark corners of the school—anywhere we could find a moment alone to make out or just look intensely at each other—we finally found us a real spot. Our spot.
My body still ached in that sweet, secret way.
My lips still tingled where he kissed me.
And my heart… my heart felt like it had grown an entirely new rhythm overnight.
I had lost my virginity to Tobias last
