Conventionally Yours (True Colors, #1)

by Annabeth Albert

It was so much easier to be mad at Conrad than to try to figure out how to deal with him being nice.

“You can change in front of me, you know. Not gonna offend me. I’ve seen—” “I know.” Alden bustled off to the bathroom, all Victorian maiden princess, as if I couldn’t be trusted to see a cute guy

“Well, heck.” “You can say fuck, Alden. I won’t tell.” “Fine. Fuck it.” The curse felt sharp, unnatural in my mouth. “Nope. Cursing doesn’t help.”

“Think we’ll be far enough into Colorado tomorrow to really see the stars?” Alden asked. “I’ve heard that you can see a lot more stars out west, away from the cities.” “Yeah. You can. I’ll make sure we get some stars for you.”

We just happened to figure out that we like k—” “Yes. That.” He shot me a warning look, dropping back to a whisper again. “We’re in public.” “Yes, and as soon as we’re not, I’m going do that to you until you stop worrying about stupid stuff.”