At first I thought it was a dream, the way Jason and I had gotten tangled up in each other’s arms the night before. But as my mom continued to knock on my bedroom door, I knew I was fully awake, and in a whole lot of trouble. “Aria, since when do you lock your bedroom door, are you hiding a man in there?” my mom’s voice was laced with suspicion as she continued to knock, growing more insistent by the second. I looked over at Jason, who was still fast asleep, oblivious to the chaos unfolding around him. I nudged him, trying to wake him up, but he just grumbled and pulled me closer, burying his face in my hair. “Jason, mom is at the door, wake up,” I whispered urgently. He mumbled something unintelligible and tightened his grip on me, refusing to budge. Panic began to set in as my mom’s knocking grew louder and more persistent. “Jason, you have to get out of here. I don’t know how, but we can’t have mom find you in here,” I hissed, trying to shake him awake. Jason finally opened his
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