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As much as she likes to pretend she’s a robot who can go days without stopping, she’s capable of getting hurt.
My thumb swirls over her cheek. “Nova.”
She turns her face toward me, not backing away as I thought she would.
My eyes lock on her lips. I lean forward slowly, inching closer to her face, watching for any hint of discomfort. But she doesn’t recoil. She stays there, waiting for me as I move at an excruciatingly sluggish pace.
I’m aware of what it means if I kiss her.
I’m aware of how much is at stake.
And it’s that thought, the thought that I might lose her for good, that has me freezing mere inches away from her glorious lips.
Nova inhales sharply and I almost groan in frustration when she pulls back.
I want her so much it makes me dizzy, but I know I can’t have her.
I clear my throat. “Nova, I—”
A loud, brassy sound makes Nova jump and makesmewhip my head around. We both face the track.
There’s a disturbance in the distance.
On the field, it looks like…
A jazz band?
“Did you hire musical entertainment?”
“No,” Nova says. Sliding off the cot, she balances on one leg and hops forward.
“What do you think you’re doing?” I grab her arm.
“I have to check it out.”
“Here.” The nurse offers a pair of crutches. “Luckily, I had these just in case. You can use them to get around.”
Nova clips the sticks under her arm pits and starts moving like a pro. It shouldn’t surprise me at this point how excellent she is at everything.
We move out of the tent, me—staying close by Nova’s side while she swings through the lawn like a grounded Tarzan.
“Nova Delaney!” A voice blares through what sounds like a bull horn.
Nova freezes. “Oh crap,” she says under her breath.
“What?”
“I know that voice.”
“Nova Delaney, I’m just a boy… standing in front of a girl… asking her to forgive him!”
“Is that fromNotting Hill?” I gawk.
Nova forced me to watch the romantic movie once. Okay, she didn’tforceme, but she mentioned that it was one of her comfort flicks and I wanted to know what she liked.
I ended up secretly enjoying the cheesy flick.
Although I would never tell Nova that.
