FORBIDDEN LOVE
The lake was flat and silver, midday heat pressing down on everything, and Aiden sat on the edge of the dock with his feet in the water like this was any other ordinary day.
"We should probably talk about how this actually works," he said, not looking at me. "Before we mess it up completely."
"Rules," I said. "You want rules."
"I want us not to end up hating each other in a month." He said it lightly, but there was something underneath it, something that told me he'd already thought about this more than he was letting on. "So. Rules."
I sat down next to him, close enough that our shoulders touched, and told myself that was allowed. "Fine. Go."