“What did you say?” I managed to get out relatively unjumbled. “When he, uh, when Feely asked you?” “I told him that I really liked him, too.” Still gripping my hand with both of hers, she added, “But I couldn’t be his girlfriend.” “Did he ask you why not?” “Yeah, he did.” “What did you say?” “I told him the same thing I tell any boy who asks.” So there were other lads. What was I thinking; of course there were others. Fuck. “Which is?” “That there’s only one boy I want as my boyfriend.” She kept her eyes on mine when she stepped closer, so close that I could feel her heart thundering in her
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