“We can’t make people love us, no matter how much we may want to.” She brought their hands up to her chest, resting her chin upon them, “but it’s okay to hate them when they don’t.”

He loved that, loved hearing it in her voice! With a smile, he leaned forward to kiss her forehead. Softly he asked, “is it okay if I like you a lot?”

With a tear in each eye, she nodded consent to his request. Her voice on her breath almost couldn’t be heard, “yah!”

She surprised him with a hug. Arms moving over his shoulders, it wasn’t intimate. It was warmth and assurance. And he hung on to it, even if he wasn’t exactly sure what it meant.

Familiar voices caught their ear. They looked over as Sam and Ty walked closer with Sam muttering dismissively, “I told you to go away. We have different classes.”

“I’m walking you to yours,” was the playful reply.

Sam shot a look, “worried about me?”

“Yep,” was the quick reply with a quicker smile.

Sam turned his head away.

“You think I’m cute,” Ty looked proud!

“Not a word that’s ever crossed my mind with you,” Sam looked and sounded bored.

But Ty heard something else, “oo, a level up then.”

Sam’s lips pursed as he tried to repress amusement.

#DefinitleynotDisappointed #SelinaElliot