I want to keep doing it.” “You do?” I don’t want to hope for too much. I don’t know if my heart could take the letdown because Brooks really isn’t in the place to be starting something. “Yeah. I mean, you might have to go slow with me.” “As slow as you need.” Brooks laughs. “I mean, not that slow. I’d like to keep doing the kissing.” “The kissing?” I press my lips to the corner of his mouth. “Only the kissing?” Resting his hands on my thighs, Brooks squeezes them. “I could be down for more.”

