And he's pressing into her and she into him, bodies shivering, like they are two scared, lost children, starving, starving to be touched, to be held, by someone, anyone, the first one they can find who seems familiar enough, safe enough, strong enough to rescue them. They breathe, heavy. Hard. Their fingers strain at cotton. And then they slow down. Stop. Hold. Rest. Before one of them, or both, begins to sob. Before they break another piece that needs to be fixed.
Lisa McMannTime to stop crying, time to get her act together and do something. Time to move beyond the pity party.
Lisa McMannBecause there's no way on earth she's going to make it through college unless she grows some serious ovaries and turns this train wreck around
Lisa McMannThey linger near the back door, forehead to forehead and curved like statues as their lips whisper and brush together.
Lisa McMann