23 parts Ongoing MatureShe was cold to the touch.
Draped out on the lawn under a sky full of stars, shivers wracking her petite frame.
"What the Hell are you doing out here, Bird?" I whispered, shrugging my jacket off and draping it gently over her shoulders.
"N-No- Nothing."
"Don't lie to me."
She winced.
"I-I'm sorry D-Drew." her teeth chattered noisily between her words.
"You could have gotten really sick." I told her, picking her up bridal style and carrying her to the front porch. I raised my hand to knock but her fingers clamped onto my wrist.
"Please don't make me go b-back in there. Please, Drew, I-I'm begging you." She began to sob.
"Okay," I whispered, "Okay. let's go."
Starling Forrest isn't like most people. She likes three things: apples, the sun, and routines. When Andrew Bianchi enters her life, he lets her keep her apples, and he can't take away the sun... but her sense of normalcy is shattered.
A girl who doesn't understand her own emotions and a boy who has never felt any of his own.
It takes two people to love, but can they can figure out how?