SaraThe hospital room felt too quiet after Mom finally left. She had given me that awkward hug and said goodnight in this fake cheerful voice like everything was normal. I just nodded and turned my face away. Now it was just me and the beeping machines and some nurse footsteps far down the hall. My lips still tingled from Cole’s kiss earlier. I kept touching them without thinking then yanked my hand away and muttered to myself what an idiot I was.I grabbed my phone with my good hand. The broken arm ached every time I moved wrong but I ignored it. My thumb hovered over Cole’s name. I typed out “What the hell was that” and stared at it for a second before deleting the whole thing. Then I tried “Are we really not cousins” but that looked even dumber so I erased it too. My heart was pounding like it wanted to jump out. In the end I sent something short and stupid. “You shouldn’t have done that.”He replied so fast it made me jump a little. “But I did. And you kissed me back Saphira. Twi
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