WHAT WE NEVER SAID
of Solo cups-and yet the only thing Zara could focus on was Jace Carter's ridiculous
ching her nose with a grin as she pl
is hand and gave her a lazy smirk. "Y
ng into dusk. A breeze teased the edges of her curls, and the smell of grass mixed with gr
on the lawn. Cheap food. Endle
t t
es, assignments, and the relentless noise of college life. Somehow, this becam
e box and held out a
nly if you promise not to b
ar
ru
eside her. Their shoulders
nced at him from the corner of her eye. He was chewing lazily, his eyes squinting against the last light of the sun. His curls we
ad her best fri
ing an aggressive bite of her
"That we met because I knocked over your coffee in line freshman
his head toward her. "You were
looked like a lost baby dee
age," he sai
as tr
amiliar. But there was something else underneath it now. Something restless. Zara felt it in the way
started. Or maybe she did an
hought I was pre-med
hope fo
"Nah. Architecture was always the pl
g disappointed in yo
r cheek. "And yet here we are, three yea
heart s
faces inches apart. "Who said I
ached his eyes and settled low in her stomach. "
d. "What do
playing frisbee, their laughter carried on the wind. "Like..
hy
ow. Sometimes I think about how things w
unspoken. Zara felt her throat tighten
asn't that alw
ould say anything, her phone buzzed. O
o
d it withou
e didn't ask-he never did-but the
?" he ask
fast. "Yeah.
ngers idly toyed with the crust, and then-gently-his othe
tative. Not quite holdin
, heart thudding so hard s
without her saying a word. But it wasn't just comf
ed that she
wanted to tangle her fingers t
d. "You ever think
head, studying h
do you
re quiet. Music playing. I'm sketching. There's some
aintly. "Soun
romanti
th anything t
"Not true. I
him a loo
lirted with
. "You think this
the eyes. "No. With
eath c
ir blanket. Zara shifted slightly, pulling her hand away under
e lawn. Streetlights flickered on in the distance. The voices from
g crumbs from her j
box and slung his backpack
e silence between them now wasn't empty-it was thick
g they ne