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it all. Since we’re starting this drama club, Ryan’s act was perfect timing to sell the drama club thing, don’t you think? Right now I am worried about my mother in surgery, and learning how to protect my mom and Eva in the future. I don’t have time for teenage drama when the next fight could mean burying someone I love. Life was simpler when you and I were best friends. Can we be best friends, or must everything be dramatic?
    With a heavy heart I hand the note back to him. It makes me sad that I don’t feel the same for him as he does for me. He is a great friend.
    I see him read the note, and watch his shoulders slump as he realizes what I was saying. We just aren’t meant to be a couple. He is my friend, and I need a friend. I need to learn to defend myself and fight to protect my mom and sister. We somehow get through the end of class, and Danny follows me out of class. Since we had made a presentation of walking to class, everyone is standing around waiting to see what happens next. It was the final period of the day, so everyone would be headed for the buses, other than the few who were staying after. Danny grabs my hand, and I didn’t fight him. Until he places it in Ryan’s hand. Ryan and I just look at him, I have no idea what to say. I didn’t write all of that because I wanted to date Ryan right now. I wanted less drama! 
    Leave it to Danny to make this a singing moment. Our town is really small, we don’t have much entertainment, obviously. “ I’m happy for you, I’m really happy for you. I guess it’s over baby, it’s really over baby. And from what you’ve said, I know you’ve gotten over me. It’ll never be, the way it used to be. So if it’s gotta be this way. Don’t worry baby I can take the news okay. But if you see me walking by, and the tears are in my eyes, look away, baby look away .” Danny turns and walks out towards the buses. I feel awful. I didn’t want to hurt him.
    Ryan turns to me and pulls me into his arms. That got the applause and whistles going. Damn. “I think he’s just trying to make it easier on all of us. If he was mad, you know he would have taken a swing at me, right? I’m not saying we’re together now but if the town thinks it, then the time we’ll spend together training and everything will be more believable. Are you okay?” I nod my head yes, which everyone seems to think is my agreeing that we’re together. They all start chanting, stomping and clapping. “Kiss, kiss, kiss, kiss.” Damn small towns.
    Ryan whispers in my ear. “He’s out at the bus. Let’s just get this over with so we can disappear and start training, okay?”
    I am so going to hell. I nod again and pull out of the tight embrace. Ryan looks down at me, raises one hand, with a finger up, which is enough to quiet the school. Star athletes totally run this school, did I tell you that yet?
    When everyone is quiet, he raises my hands in his, kisses each one, and then wraps them around his neck. With one hand on my lower back and another on the back of my neck, in my long curly hair, he leans me back and kisses me like I had only seen in cheesy movies.
    He starts with a light teasing peck to my bottom lip. He leans back a little until I open my eyes and look into his. Then with that perfect smile of his, he really kisses me. With a lick of his tongue my mouth opens to his, and our tongues dance a tango as if they already knew each other. He kisses me thoroughly and completely, enough to make the one leg that was still touching the floor go weak. I started to fall, but he catches me. He pulls me up into his arms, so he is carrying me, and laughs loudly when everyone starts cheering harder and louder. Yeah, a guy kisses you good enough to make your legs weak, he deserves cheers. 
    “If you servants would excuse us, we have work to do with Ms. Rivers. Can someone hold the door, I’m not sure Emma here can walk yet.” I laugh along with everyone else, my face on fire, and just let