My legs felt like jelly, and I let them fall away from him, and he slowly lowered himself on top of me. I held him there, his face right against my neck, his breath warm against my skin.

We lay there together for a while, a residual tingling lingering on my entire body. I wanted nothing more than to be able to stay there with him all night, but I also knew I didn’t want to be there when Declan woke up in the morning.

“I should get going,” I said, finally working up the motivation to disentangle myself from Cole.

“Really?” he said, sounding surprised. “You don’t have to.”

“I don’t want to, but I also don’t want to still be here when Declan wakes up.”

“He’s not going to get up for a while. What time is it?”

“I’m not sure. It’s probably pretty late, though. If I stay much longer, I’m probably going to fall asleep.”

“Doesn’t that sound nice? That sounds nice to me.”

“I don’t want to confuse him.”

Cole sighed. “You’re right,” he said. “Well, then, just know that I’ll be thinking about you. While you’re lying in your bed, I’ll be lying in my own, wishing you were with me.”

We kissed again, a long, lingering one that made my knees feel weak. We said goodnight, and as I walked next door, I couldn’t keep the smile off of my face. I’d done it. I was no longer a virgin, and it had been better than I ever could have imagined.

Chapter Eighteen

Cole

That Sunday, when my parents came over, one of the first things my mother asked me about was if I had seen Allie again. We were sitting on the deck, watching Declan in the backyard as he dug for rocks with the new pail and shovel set my parents had just brought over for him.

“Errr...” I paused. I hadn’t planned on mentioning anything to my parents about it—at least not just yet—but I also wasn’t interested in hearing more of my mother’s worries about the fact that I was still single. “We have been hanging out. We’re kind of seeing each other, I guess.”

“You are?” she asked, perking up.

“Yes,” I said. “But don’t say anything to Declan about it yet.”

“Of course not. I think that’s wise to take things slowly with him and not introduce him until you’re sure that things are serious.”

I noticed, though, that my father wasn’t looking as thrilled as my mother was. “Now, don’t get me wrong,” he said, “I think she’s a very nice girl. But... you’re seeing each other? She’s Declan’s teacher, correct?”

“Yeah.”

“Is that...kosher?”

“What do you mean—because she’s his teacher? It’s not like she’s my teacher.”

Now my mother also had a worried look on her face. “That thought never even crossed my mind. Do you think there might be some sort of policy that she’s violating? She certainly seemed like a lovely person, but it seems as though they might have rules or something against that sort of thing.”

“Well, he’ll be starting kindergarten in the fall, so it’s not like he’ll be going to the Learning Center for that much longer, anyway,” I said.

My mother seemed satisfied with this answer, but my father looked skeptical.

“I’ll talk to her about it,” I said. “I’ll mention it to her, anyway. I don’t think there’s really going to be a problem, though.”

Even if there was, that wouldn’t be enough to make me stop seeing her.

Instead of going for a ride when my parents took Declan out a little later, I went over to Allie’s house.

“I was just thinking about you,” she said when she saw me. “Come on in. Where’s Declan?”

“He’s with my parents,” I said as I followed her into the house.

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