T H I R T Y - F O U R

Emmie and Ramsay spent the next few weeks sneaking into his projection booth at the Drive-In during every free moment, she lying to her parents about studying with Samuel while she actually spent time with Ramsay as much as possible.

Not that they got lots of studying done.

The sleepless nights of doing her homework on her bed, writing articles for the Newspaper, and practicing cheerleading moves in front of the mirror left the girl exhausted for most days, though. Ramsay had tried convincing her that they’d be fine for a few separate days so that she could catch up with her sleep, but Emmie refused to hear anything about it, and usually succeeded in leaving the conversation there by distracting him.

A week later, Ramsay found that if he promised her more quality time with him during the weekend, she would agree to go home after school, a few times even falling asleep on his lap in the Newspaper when the classes were over.

Then, after a few days, he