I sit with her face on my shoulder and my arms blanketed around her.
She tries to get her words out, "You know how I told you that I was late because my mom had a meeting?"
"Yeah?"
"I lied."
"Huh?"
"I was talking with my boyfriend."
My heart drops, "What did you talk about?" -as if I cared.
"He said he's 'lost feelings' ..bull crap. Shit, I knew he was cheating." She rubs her nose, "Oh god. I missed your performance, damn it, all this stupid shit and 'high school - boyfriend' crap."
"No. It's okay, you had to deal with things. It happens. 'stupid shit and high school - boyfriend crap.'"
I hear her giggle, the hug gets tighter, "Thanks Jeffrey."
"Ha, for what?"
"For making me feel a little better."
"'A little?' I can do better than that." She laughs more. "There we go."
We release from the hug but, we stay in a close huddle of just us two. Suddenly, I lose control and I'm unaware of what's about to happen.
I can feel my face press against her's.
