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Sierra couldn’t believe they’d somehow pulled off the kiss switch. She could still feel Jamey’s lips on hers, still feel the tug deep in her stomach as he reached for her not-blonde-or-straight hair and she pulled away.
She had to pull away. Couldn’t let him find out, couldn’t let him see her for who she was. That’s the only reason why the kiss didn’t feel quite right. The only logical reason.
Her steering wheel made a small squeak as she turned into her driveway and she realized just how tight she’d been gripping it. Her brain was swimming, spinning, excitement and thrill and dread all at once. She wasn’t sure how much longer she’d be able to do this.
There were two texts waiting for her when she got out of the shower and crawled into bed.
Jamey: I had such a great time with you tonight :) Are you headed to sleep?
Veronica: He was very polite on the drive home, didn’t go for a second kiss or anything. Hey can you send me a picture of that drawing you made with the metophase stuff for bio? I’m still kind of lost and it was pretty helpful.
She texted back.
*Metaphase :P and do you mean the doodle on the corner of my notes?
Veronica: lol whatever it made more sense than the weird diagram on the board
She leaned out of bed and rummaged through her backpack, pulling out her biology notebook. They’d only briefly glanced at this the other night, more focused on “impress the college boy” tutoring and not actually studying. But as Sierra pointed out, Veronica still had to pass her classes to keep up the facade. She flipped through the pages and sent the picture.
Veronica: Thank youuuuu you’re the best babe. Goodnight!
Babe? Sierra really didn’t understand this A-Crowd version of friendship she’d fallen into sometimes. What was she supposed to say back here - cutie? Sweetheart? Turning over pet names in her head was weird and the idea of calling Veronica sweetheart made her feel… nauseous? Something like that.
No problem hon. We can go over it tomorrow again if you want. Sweet dreams.
It wasn’t until the next morning that she realized she’d forgotten to text Jamey back.