Traffick by Ellen Hopkins

Author:Ellen Hopkins [Hopkins, Ellen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: YA, Teen, Social Issues
ISBN: 9781442482890
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
Published: 2015-11-03T05:00:00+00:00

I Climb into Bed

Beside her, open my arms, and

she settles into them like a warm

mist. Her lips seek mine, and our kiss

is sweet and gentle at first, but quickly

blossoms into passion. Brielle rolls

onto her back, urges me on top

of her, and the skin-to-skin contact

lifts the rich scent of cocoa butter.

“Mmm. You smell like chocolate.

Hot chocolate.” We giggle softly,

like little girls, though the response

of our bodies is all woman. With Alex,

I was never in control, something

that always bothered me. I take charge

now, and it’s a feeling like no other

to give pleasure before asking for it

in kind. Emotion wells up, seeking

release along with the rise and fall

of her breasts. I don’t dare admit

to having fallen in love, though,

not to her or to myself, so I find

other words, hope they convey

how very much I care: “You are

beautiful, do you know that?”

Unreasonably, her muscles contract

and grow tight. Don’t say that.

Don’t lie to me. I’m ugly enough

to scare crows dead off a high wire.

My initial reaction is to laugh,

but I stifle it, knowing she means

what she said. “When was the last

time you looked in a mirror?”

She sighs. Every time I look in

a mirror I see that girl—the one

my classmates made fun of. I can’t

find anyone else there. Just her.

“That is so wrong. Whoever told

you that you were ugly was obviously

blind. I wish he—or she—could see

you now. You are amazing.”

I kiss her to prove it, and she relaxes

again. “That’s better,” I soothe, then

spend thirty minutes convincing

her how wrong that person was.

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