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And who knew what would happen after my first transition? Finn said first I would need to learn to control my strength.
“Nope. Did you?”
And as she started telling me about her plans, I got distracted again. My eyes caught the familiar black Volvo parked on the road under a tree. At the same moment, my phone buzzed in my pocket.
It was a text from Finn.Need a ride?
Alex and I lived on the same street, and usually, it was her who gave me a ride home. But I needed Finn’s company so much more at this moment. I was going to tell Alex that I forgot to return some books to the library, and I had to go back, but it was too late for that. She had traced my gaze and was now staring at Finn through his open car window.
“Alex, someone is waiting for me.” I shifted from foot to foot. “We’ll talk later, okay?”
“Is that the guy?” She flashed Finn a smile. “No wonder you lost sleep.”
“It’s not like that,” I said with frustration. “He doesn’t know anyone here, and he needs help with some . . . stuff. Stop staring at him.”
She smirked. “Poor Brian.”
“Seriously?” I shot her a look. “I didn’t know you were team Brian.”
“Oh, I’m not. I’m team Spencer. You go girl.”
“I told you it’s not what you think.”
“Yeah yeah.” Grinning, she winked at me and headed to her car. “See you tomorrow.”
I imagined what Brian would think if he saw me right now as I headed toward the car. When I glanced back, I saw him standing on the parking lot, looking at me his eyes narrowed.
Crap.
“Let’s go,” I said the moment I got into the car.
“Would you like me to take you home?” asked Finn, starting the engine. “Or maybe—”
“Just get us out of here first.”
He glanced into the rearview mirror as we took off.
“It would be better if you talked to him, you know. Let him know how you feel.”
“I already told him how I feel. I just don’t know if it counts as a breakup. All I know is that from the side, it looks like I’m cheating on him. Like I dumped him for you.”
Finn chuckled. “Right.”
“It’s not funny. It makes me look bad. Like I’m the guilty one, a horrible person.”
“He knows the truth, and that’s enough.”
“Does he? He says he’s sorry every time, and he doesn’t even know what he’s apologizing for. How can he change, be better, if he doesn’t understand what he did wrong?” I paused, then said, “How does the clean break work? Can this count as a clean break?”
Finn laughed.
“What?” I spread my hands. “I never had to do this before. I never had a serious relationship with anyone.”
“So, this was a serious relationship?”
“No. But—Ach. Can we talk about something else? It’s not that I don’t have more important things to worry about.”
“Exactly. What do you want to—”
