y. Her shoulder blades hit t

nt?" she asked,

, pulled out his phone, and tapped the screen a fe

lpture. It depicted a delicate rose enclosed in a glass-like wooden do

to use it to ask a girl to the Winter Formal next month. And before you say anything, this one is different. Normal stuff doesn't work on her. She thinks I

n, her mind struggling to

ong it takes," Slade said, his eyes snapping back to hers. "If you have it done before

ours of lost sleep versus keeping her sc

m. She extended her

fingers around hers. His palm was hot. Too hot. The heat burne

d their han

pulling up his contacts. "I need to

s. She watched as he typed A

out her own phone, and saved

e turned and walked away, his hea

ath. The tension drained from he

snow had begun to fall, the icy fla

pen the door to her dorm

aring at her phone screen with a

esper asked, shruggi

r phone and shoved it under her pillo

and panicked, but Vesper was too ph

her small brass reading lamp. She pulled ou

se. The curves of the petals

ined carving something this beautiful for him. Would he look at her t

lently. She needed to

in the room. She worked until her vision blurred, eventually res