When practice is over as I walk out of the locker room after I gel my golden brown hair I see Riley and Austin making outside. I look down and walk to my dad’s car but Riley catches up with me first. “ Connor stop आप can’t do that आप can’t mope when आप see me and Austin.” “ Well आप can’t freak out when आप see me and another girl.” “ I don’t.” “ Yea आप do आप give me the cold shoulder the मिनट आप see me with any girl but you.” “ So I do the same thing for Damian.” “ Yea but आप think of him as a friend या brother but what do आप think about me?” “ A friend.” “ A friend, a brother, a crush, या a boyfriend.” “ Jezz can’t it go back to the way it used to be when आप only thought of me as a friend.” “ That time never existed I hid my प्यार I feel ashamed that I didn’t tell you.” My दिल probably pouring out of my eyes have to be tough not girly. “ Its दिल felt but Austin is too.” “ Stop comparing me to Austin want me या not I still प्यार you.” “ How do I know if I take आप that आप just won’t go screw some other girl.” “ Because I wouldn’t put this much work into someone I didn’t really want.” “ Yea आप would you’re a guy आप like the chase.” I laugh at that and then caress her cheek. Austin is glaring at me and I take my hand away and say “ I have to go talk to me tonight या tomorrow.” “ Ok Connor.” I rush off into my dad’s car. Kevin is lounging back on the सीट the whole way home. The night goes द्वारा slow because I stare at Riley’s house across the सड़क, स्ट्रीट for a long time. I lie in बिस्तर and fall asleep till I hear a whisper “ Connor wake up.” I look around and Riley’s sitting on the window siel. “Riley what are आप doing here?” “ I couldn’t fall asleep.” “ Fine.” I scoot over and she lies on the बिस्तर and I look over at her and she looks at me and says “ Austin tried to make me have sex with him.” “ What’d आप do?” “ I didn’t I broke up with him.” “ Good for you.” “ Good for आप too right.” “Not if your unhappy.” “ I thought I would be but I actually am happy that I am free of him.” “ Good for you.” “ Why are आप like that?” “ Like what?” “Like I don’t care and whatever are आप what आप कहा आप weren’t in for are आप in for the chase?” “No I just know that I’m not the only one in line for the Moonfield train.” “ Who isn’t?” “ No one except for Darren and the girls.” “ Yea Darren is my brother from another mother.” I chuckle but keep it down so my dad and step mom won’t hear. “ Why me” she asks? I stare at her amazed “ Riley your beautiful, smart, and funny basicly आप are the whole package.” “ Whatever all those boys made fun of me from the 4th grade till 7th and I come back for 8th grade and all of a sudden there’s a ton of boys around me.” “ It’s a sick world.” She laughs and lays her head on my shoulder and says “ How much do आप like me.” “ I don’t like आप any more.” “ What?” “ I don’t like आप any और I प्यार you.” She the lifts her head and lets her lips touch mine and do a dance that seems just right. I hold her against me till she pulls away gasps and runs out the window siel. Damn the girl can’t decide.