I have to go back to school the next day. Roman's still sick so Theo takes me. Theo's in a good mood because he and Tom are going to be pen pals and he's super excited about buying fancy stationary today.
At school, it's no different from my first day. I eat with the same girls at lunch. I bomb a pop quiz because I've missed half the school year and ditched yesterday when they had a review.
I have to work harder, though. I'm not trying to flunk out of high school.
Maybe Roman will tutor me.
I blush thinking about his hand around mine, but I try to shake it off. He was probably delirious or something. He did almost faint.
I walk home. Theo's got a class.
The sky is grey and foggy, classic San Francisco weather. I feel a chill in the air and zip up my jacket.
When I arrive home, I make Roman soup without thinking. I bring it to his room, but he's sleeping, so I set it on his drawer. As I turn to leave, he mutters something. At first I think he's talking to me, but when I check, he's still fast asleep.
"Roman?" I ask, shaking his shoulder gently. "Are you okay?"
Without opening his eyes, he grabs the back of my head and pulls me towards him. Before, I know what's happening, our lips touch.
I pull away in a panic.
"What the heck?" I yell.
Roman turns over.
Is he still asleep?
What was that?
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The Bad Boy Is My Legal Guardian?
Fiksi RemajaBirdie Song's parents have just died, leaving her an orphan. She's sent to California to live with her uncle, but when she gets there, she discovers that her uncle is away on one of his famous "adventures", and he's left her in the hands of his "bes...
