Girl in the Shadows (Shadows 2)

have a romantic relationship. Even though it had been

better the second time, so much of what happened

seemed mechanical. He sat back on the bed, still

naked, and said nothing. In the glimmer light of the

candle. I thought he looked very content with himself.

He was almost gloating.

"Neither of us are ever going to forget this," he

said. "for the rest of our lives. I read somewhere that

sexual experiences are the most permanently and

deeply embedded memories a person can have. I can't

imagine someone saying he can't remember having

been with this woman or that or when, can you?" "I guess not," I said.

"Anyway. I'm glad I came up here tonight." That was the closest he came to saying anything

romantic even though he might have planned to say

more because a moment later, we heard a rap on the

bedroom window. I turned and looked to see Rhona's and Skeeter's laughing faces and somewhere within

my chest, my heart bobbed like an apple in a pot. "Jesus!" Tyler cried. He hurriedly covered

himself, but a moment later, their faces were gone. "Who the hell was that? Was that Rhona and

her boyfriend?"

"Yes," I said, and quickly began to dress

myself. "They must have seen the candlelight

flickering in the window."

"Damn," he muttered, hurrying to get his

clothes on. too. "Who knows how much they saw?

Who knows how long they were standing there?" "What's the difference what they saw and

didn't? I don't care about them," I told him.

"Yes, but they could talk, gossip about us," he

said. "Damn."

Was he worried about me, us, or that his mother

might find out he had snuck up here to be with me? I