Forty: ReedI felt like I was trying to walk under water. I wanted to leave but never leave at the same time. I saw Rowyn hanging back behind the huddle of people around Rose's family. My hand came to rest on her back, and she flinched.
“I'm sorry,” she breathed, looking up at me. “You scared me. I was… I don't know where I was.”
“I didn't mean to, I'm sorry.” We were all kinds of sorry. “I just wanted to see if you were going to ride with Jared and me or your mom.”
“Oh. Um, I guess my mom. Will you come over? Or maybe I'll come to you? Your mom lets us hang out in your room still.” Judith had sort of an unspoken rule about us being in Rowyn's room now that we were together. It was not incredibly effective at keeping us from making out, but that wasn't really a worry for today.
“Either
