A Pucking Lesson in Forbidden
He walked around to the passenger side and opened the door.
Dahlia stepped out onto the wet asphalt.
My heart did a sudden, violent flip against my bruised ribs.
She was wearing her Bellmont uniform—the pleated tartan skirt, the navy sweater, her dark hair pulled back into a neat ribbon—but she looked fragile, like a glass statue on the verge of cracking. Her sketchbook was tucked tight under her arm, her knuckles white around the strap of her bag.
She looked up, and across the crowded parking lot, through the sea of teens laughing and pulling backpacks out of trunks, our eyes locked.