The End Zone (Out of Bounds, #2)

by Erin MacKenzie

I can practically hear my heartbeat with the way it’s pounding. Nate’s still been acting like my best friend, but on steroids lately. Everything is escalated. I’m suddenly realizing how present he has been in my life and how well he knows every little thing about me. I’m noticing how close we are, and how well we interact. Sometimes the things he does and says make me long for just a little more. He buys me keychains with my name any time he sees them, because one day I made a comment about being on a field trip as a kid where they didn’t have my name and I was devastated. He knows my coffee order, for hot and cold because they aren’t the same. He just knows me, and he gets me, and that kind of bond is really hard to find. I think, on some level, I can agree that Nate’s feelings for me have changed, but what I’m more focused on is how that makes me feel.