When We Fall by Madeleine Labitan

Author:Madeleine Labitan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-19T14:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 22

Sawyer

I can't stop smiling. To be honest, I've been permanently smiling ever since I left Parker's house yesterday. My cheeks already hurt from the exertion, but I don't care.

I'm happy.

Parker and I spent hours in his room, talking and kissing—and only kissing. I wasn't ready to do more than that. And he knew it without me having to tell him. He'd been a gentleman the whole time, not even so much as tried to cop a feel.

My intention of not getting into a new relationship sure flew out the window. But are we even in a relationship? I don't know what to call this new development between us. We haven't made things between us official yet. We haven't really talked about where we stand.

Not that I'm in a hurry to put a label on us or anything. It's only been a day, after all. And we haven't been on a date yet. So, yeah, I'd worry about it later. For now, I'm happy to live in the moment.

Trying but failing to hide my smile, I sneak a glance at Parker while absently listening to the lecture up front. If Mr. Brown calls my name, I'll surely draw a blank.

And I blame the guy sitting next to me, who—surprise, surprise—looks completely unaffected. I'm both annoyed and envious at how he can effortlessly be cool and composed most of the time.

My quiet ogling is interrupted when I feel my phone vibrate in my skirt pocket, almost making me jump. Shooting a cautious glance in the teacher's direction, I take it out to check the message.

Parker: Do I have dirt on my face?

I didn't even notice he was texting. And I've been staring at him the whole time.

Reading his text again, I have to stifle a chuckle. I remember him sarcastically asking me this exact question at his party. We weren't on good terms back then, but we are more than that now. Funny how things have changed in just a short amount of time.

Me: Yeah, actually. There's something on your cheek.

I watch in amusement as he self-consciously touches his cheek before realizing that I lied.

Narrowing his eyes at me, Parker types in a response. I'll get you for that later.

How? Is he going to spank me?

Where...Where did that freaking thought come from? When did I start having a dirty mind?

When you started getting involved with Parker, apparently.

Parker: Why are you blushing?

Like I can reply to that.

Pulling my bottom lip between my teeth, I don't bother with a response. I simply shove my phone back into my pocket and try to focus on the lecture—at least what remains of it. Quinn's just going to have to lend me her notes on it.

"What were you doing, anyway? Why weren't you paying attention to the lecture?" she pries in between bites of her sandwich when I ask over lunch.

I'm not ready to tell her and Brayden about this new thing with Parker just yet, so I blurt the only other alibi I can think of.

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