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I felt myself blush. “Okay, yes. We are officially together. So, yeah. We’re going to prom together.”

“You still don’t sound too sure of that. Is everything going okay with his recuperation?”

I shrugged. “I mean, he’s always struggling with his dad. Which I’m sure is affecting his recuperation efforts. But he’s okay. Far as I can tell.”

“I’d like to get his dad in a room for a few minutes.”

I scoffed. “Wouldn't we all.”

“So, how are the two of you? You know, now that he’s on the mend?”

I felt myself blush deeper. “I guess we’re good.”

“You guess, huh?”

“You’re a dick, you know that?”

He chuckled. “Maybe a bit. Can I ask you something, though?”

“Of course. I mean, you have to spit it out soon because I only have one more minute, but—”

“Do you love him?”

The question didn’t catch me as off-guard as I figured it would. In fact, it was easy to answer. I bit down onto the inside of my cheek as I turned to face Michael. And with a nod of my head, I answered his question.

“Yeah. I really thi