I waited, my insides twirling around. I’d do about anything for him not to be mad.
“What if next time you let me kiss you?â€
The next time. That there’d be a next time meant he wasn’t all that mad.
“Would that be okay?†he asked.
I swallowed hard. “That would be … fine.â€
“Just fine?†he asked.
Better than fine. It’d be heavenly. Amazing. Perfect. I ran out of adjectives.
“No, more than fine.â€
He smiled and took hold of the ends of my hair, rolling it between his fingers. “Okay then. ’Til next time.â€
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Jackson Phillips moved in next door to Lucy MacKenzie, bringing with him a childhood memory of summer came and a dare. Kiss Jackson Phillips.
But what a fourteen-year-old would do to impress her friends changes in three years. Plus, Jackson isn’t the same as he was. He’s taller, more handsome … and far wiser.
Clean Reads for teens by best-selling author, SUZANNE D. WILLIAMS. A novella of 24,000 words.