Chapter 87

“Nope…never even kissed. Nothing happened…. I told you once before …cheating is not my style. Didn’t our parent's example also set that boundary in you?” Dane lets me go quickly. Under cover of the dash as more kids walk by, but none seem interested in looking our way. Whenever we were together, we never drew attention, as everyone expects us to be either at war or playing nice. No in-between.

Dane shifts in his seat, turning to lean back and gaze straight ahead at the school towering over us before clearing his throat, seemingly not done with this. I can sense a heaviness between us, like he knows more needs to be said, even though I’m simmering and processing. It’s obvious things are not cleared between us yet. I can taste something like a sense of foreboding.

“While we’re on the topic…of sex and …” He lifts his knee to wedge against the dash and seems to change to a more casual ‘I don’t care pose’ which immediately gets my senses back on high alert. Dane acting this way is