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I looked at the clock. It was 11:58 pm. I nodded towards the door. We needed to get back to the party before the ball dropped. I took his hand and led him back inside of the house where our families and friends were preparing to bring in the New Year. I stood right in the center of the room where the disco ball shined flecks of silver sparkles onto my skin. I turned toward him and I just looked at him.I pointed towards Isadora and I told him, “At least one of us can have a happy ending tonight.”He looked around at everyone starting to pair up for New Year’s kisses and hugs. I could see Isadora searching the room for Keegan. She spotted him quickly and made her way over to him with her sparkly gold dress. “There you are handsome,” she said, smirking at me, stepping between us and throwing her arms around his neck. The room began to countdown.“10…9…8,” everyone sang out.Keegan looked past Isadora at me. Seven…my stomach dropped as she put her fingers in his hair.Six…she was get

Keegan texted Baylen to seek his approval of our relationship. I didn’t really care if Baylen approved. I was 18 years old and could choose who I loved. My heart was broken for how I ended things with Jagger. I know she loves me, but I truly can’t give myself to her in the same way I can with Keegan. He is my person. He is the one I want to call when something good happens. He is the one I want to talk to when I get home from a long day. Even when he was the one breaking my heart, he was who I wanted. Keegan and I planned to meet at his house to discuss our plan for dinner. Our moms have already been asking us both questions about that kiss. We have played it off as if it were just a New Year’s Eve tradition and nothing more. But my mom said that no one kisses someone the way we did unless there is love behind it. And my goodness was she right. I pulled up to his house and a warm feeling came over my entire body. Just thinking about him made me giddy. As I walked up the driveway, th

I looked at her with my mouth agape. Was she seriously having this conversation with Keegan in the next room? RAP! RAP! A knock on the door saved the day. Keegan poked his head inside and Ms. Kyren was right behind him. “You guys all good in here?” he asked. I nodded and tried to push him out of the room, but my mom made him sit down on the couch instead. “Join us for a moment you two. I was just discussing the protocol of safe sex with Brees,” my mom blurted. How embarrassing. She really didn’t need to do this right here just because Casey slipped up. Keegan fidgeted a bit and looked at his mom for reassurance. You could see how uncomfortable he was. “Oh they are safe Missy. I told Keegan they needed protection every time they were together and he promised me that they would,” Ms. Kyren said. My mom’s face turned a deep shade of red. I don’t think she was ready to hear that I had already been sleeping with Keegan. She turned to me specifically. Her eyes narrowing in on mi

Brees thought blocking Keegan would make it easier.It didn’t.It just made everything quieter.His name no longer appeared on her phone.No late-night texts.No random pictures from his day.No stupid videos he knew would make her laugh when she was trying not to.No You awake? at midnight.Nothing.And somehow, nothing hurt worse than everything.She had stared at his contact for almost ten minutes before finally pressing Block Contact.Her thumb had hovered over the button.Once.Twice.Three times.Then she had done it.Because she couldn’t keep being the girl who waited for Keegan to decide what they were.Especially after what happened in front of their mothers.After her mom found out they’d been sleeping together, Keegan had promised her.“It won’t happen again.”Brees had wanted him to promise they would be safe. Not that it would never happen again.She had wanted that promise to mean he was choosing her.Instead, when their mothers asked what was happening between them, Kee

The morning came in brutally. I rolled over begrudgingly and stopped my alarm. My head was hurting and my mind was racing. I had stayed up all night thinking about Keegan. His game was televised last night and I mindlessly watched. Seeing him actually enter the game in the 4th quarter was breathtaking. Keegan was a freshman so he didn’t get a lot of playing time. But on this day he did. I held my breath every time he was near the ball. Recalling the time from Homecoming when he had been knocked on conscious. My heart went back to that time. When he had seen me in my dress. The way his eyes had went over my body and face. Soaking in every inch. The way he gulped when I came closer. That made me smile. No Brees. Stop it. You aren’t his anymore. Today, I was going to the petting zoo with my softball team. They were doing team bonding. There were mazes, games, food and more at the petting zoo. She thought about the fun she would have with Harper and Quinn. She