ear

were her golden pass to something more. She had spent the entire morning tracking Roman down,

ade

ied in some experiment

rough the glass. He was bent over a table, focused on a set of beakers

e crept ont

y he worked-so serious, so immer

?" she thought. "Am I...

e thought, she

she cal

fore his lips curled into a smile. "H

closer. "A little birdi

und herself liking the

ere?" he asked, se

he two tickets a

tion was

, he was out of his chair, rushing toward her li

, grabbing the ticket fro

nd's parents work at a theat

disbelief. "I've been trying to b

head, "I was thinking

momentarily replaced with un

a no

, the kind that made her chest flutter. Before

ffened

y... she

y lik

into his arms, feeling the wa

thank you," he murmur

htly, staring up at hi

smile faltering s

r me for

the excitement dra

at? You were just

g the back of his nec

d her eyes.

st ca

t an answe

friend likes you. And it'd be weird if I

, then burst

led. "It's

laughs. "That's the reason you didn'

don't want to mess

ll let him know it's stric

a moment, then exhaled

e, then I'll just t

ed. "I'll do it. But

secret, huh?" Her voice dropped into a

ed out, tilted his chin up, and

went

hen stepped back, her eyes gle

ay, leaving him standing there, frozen, his

move for a

he did, h