Ethan

I grabbed my suit jacket and threw it into the car. I hated dressing up for this bullshit, but once I was nominated to be Claudia’s escort for this winter dance thing, I sort of couldn’t back out. I felt like I had to play the part of two different people, the one that everyone at school wanted me to be, and then I could relax and finally be the real me with Morgan.

I had three hours to go until I could see her again. I was leaving the dance at nine, regardless of what Claudia said or did. I was hoping that Morgan and I could spend some alone time together, maybe, just maybe get past that third base mark that we’d been stuck on for the past month.

“Ready.” Hope jumped into the passenger seat pulling me back out of my fantasy.

“Got everything?” I motioned to her backpack that she had filled with whatever she and her friend was going to be doing tonight.

“Yep.” Hope waved me on to get going.

I had