RIVER

“Shush!” I hushed Taylor as I picked up my phone, which was ringing. I sat in bed, and he held onto my waist as if he was afraid that I'd let go.

“River?”

“Hi, Lana.” My heart was in my mouth.

This was more nerve-wracking than lying to my friends. It's been two weeks, and all I have done during this time is cook up lies on reasons why I couldn't spend the weekend with them, and while they always understood, I knew that they were catching up soon.

“We want to try a new ...