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her,” I said with my eyes peering into hers.
    “Fine. TMI. Like I said, it’s none of my business.”
    “I don’t like the way you’re looking at me right now,” I said.
    “How am I looking at you?”
    “Like you’re disappointed in me.”
    Why the fuck did it matter so much what this girl thought of me? It shouldn’t have, but it did.
    It was why I had waited in the first place to tell her I was back here.
    She closed her eyes and sighed. Her expression softened. “I’m just a little shocked to see you,
    okay?”
    “I know. I’m sorry.” I let out a deep breath before telling her, “I live here now, Skylar.”
    “What? Since when?”
    “Since last week.”
    “I don’t understand…”
    “My mother lost her job and has really been strapped for cash over the past year. Since my
    grandmother moved to Florida and owns her old house outright, she offered it to us so that we
    could live rent-free. My Dad doesn’t give a shit about what we do anymore. So, we moved.”
    “How did I not see you move in?”
    “We didn’t have a truck or anything. The house is all furnished. We drove up half our stuff a
    week ago and go back for the rest next weekend.”
    “You’ve been living across the street from me for a week?”
    I looked down at the ground unsure of how to explain why I hadn’t gone to see her. The truth
    was, I was scared. That little girl I left behind had meant so much to me. The thought of her and
    memories of the conversations during our basketball games got me through many difficult nights.
    I didn’t want to find out that she had changed or worse, that she would be disappointed in how I
    turned out. I knew seeing her again would be inevitable, but each day, I put it off.
    “I promise you. I was going to come by soon.”
    She started to shiver and didn’t have a jacket. I took off my hoodie and put it around her arms.
    “Thanks,” she said.
    Several quiet seconds passed. “Let me walk you home.”
    “I should call Angie.”
    She walked a few feet away so I couldn’t hear the conversation then returned to the spot where
    I was standing.
    “She said Cody is taking her home.”
    “Is that the tall dude?” I asked.
    She nodded. “Yeah.”
    “That guy sounds like he swallowed his own balls.”
    When she burst out laughing, my tense body finally relaxed. The sweet sound of her familiar
    laugh made me smile. For the first time tonight, it had felt like old times.
    “What about your girlfriend? You just left her there.”
    “She’s not my girlfriend,” I was quick to say. “Ava is a girl I just met at school this week. She
    asked me to go to the party with her, and I said yes, but I really didn’t want to come.”
    “You left the door cracked open upstairs. From what I saw, it looked like you really wanted to
    come tonight.”
    Well, shit. There was the wise mouth I remembered. But now that she was older, it was dirty, too. And that intrigued me. But I wished she hadn’t seen me making out with Ava because it really
    didn’t mean anything.
    “Yeah, well…it was a mistake.” I took out my phone. “Hang on.” I texted Ava that I wasn’t
    coming back to the party. She’d whine about it and demand an explanation, but I had no interest
    in continuing what we had started. “I just told her something came up. Now, let me walk you
    home.” I took my jacket off her shoulders and opened it. “Here. Slip your arms through.”
    She did, and I zipped it up slowly, careful not to catch her hair. My fingers brushed lightly
    against her breasts on the way up.
    Well, those were new.
    “Thanks,” she said, looking up at me.
    My hand was still on the zipper, and I squelched the urge to pull her toward me right before I
    let go.
    Her tiny frame was swimming in my hoodie, and that made me smile. “Let’s go.”
    We walked side-by-side at a slow pace, and I chuckled at the fact that she was a good foot
    shorter than me.
    She was the first to speak when she asked me the question I knew was