From the Top (Central State, #2)

by Jaqueline Snowe

She marched right by me back toward the stairs, and I caught her elbow in my fingers. Gently, of course. Our size difference couldn’t be any more apparent, and I never wanted her to feel threatened by my body.

I wondered for a moment, what it’d be like to have Freddie as a boyfriend. He’d be loyal, and kind, and funny. He’d probably kiss the same way he studied, and just thinking about his focus sent a shiver down my body. We had to get out of this fucking classroom. “Now that we got it settled, bud, let’s get into shenanigans.”