I say that I'm not into you like that, Camryn, because..," he pauses, searching my face, looking at my lips for a moment as if deciding whether or not he should kiss them again, "...because you're not the girl I could only sleep with once.
J.A. RedmerskiHis face spreads into a warm smile. โAs a matter of fact, no, I have never slept under the stars โ are you gettinโ all romantic on me, Camryn Bennett?โ He looks at me with a playful sideward stare.
J.A. RedmerskiWhen we pull away, he rests his hand on my thigh pressed next to his and we ride like that for a long time; the only time he moves his hand is to take better control of a sharp curve or to adjust the music, but he always puts it right back. And I always want him to.
J.A. RedmerskiParents have this twisted belief that anyone under the age of about twenty simply canโt know what love is, like the age to love is assessed in the same way the law assesses the legal age to drink. They think that the โemotional growthโ of a teenagerโs mind is too underdeveloped to understand love, to know if itโs โrealโ or not.
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