“Hey.”
Ryan’s greeting shouldn’t have stood out with all the noise in the hallway, but it was as if I’d become attuned to his voice, his body, him. The rest of school, all of it melted into the background, and I turned, knowing he’d be standing there, watching me with the quiet concern maybe he shouldn’t have had. The tension eased from my body.
This was wrong.
I shouldn’t be depending on him this much, but I moved toward him. My body was already betraying me.
“Your sister knows.” I meant to say more, explain, but the need to get Willow from my mind made me forget.
I stepped toward him, and he mirrored me. It was as if we moved as one unit. My back went against the lockers, and he stood in front of me, his hand resting against the locker beside me. I couldn’t stop myself. I leaned int
