When Best Friends Kiss
“Please, don’t argue with your mom, okay? Just… just have dinner with your family, and we can reschedule ours.”
I felt my stomach sinking to the ground. I had plans. Big plans. I wanted tonight to be the night—how unfortunate that it turned out to be like this.
“Goodnight, Mr. and Mrs. O’Connor,” Rory said softly to my parents. She was very uncomfortable, and I could tell.
“Sorry for all this, Rory,” Dad said, while Mom murmured a goodnight response.
“It’s okay, Sir,” Rory replied, and then she turned to me with the softest and kindest light smile that said, It’s okay, we’ll talk about this tomorrow.