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“Are you incapable of walking without tripping over your own feet?” He scoffs at me. “Whatever species you are, it’s not a species with good balance.”
“Sorry,” I mumble.
“Maybe the wings help steady you.” He smirks, looking over his shoulder at me. “I still can’t believe you have freakingwings.”
“It scared me when they first came out. I thought maybe they were permanent,” I admit.
“How did you figure out you could fly?” He dunks under a limb.
“Uh, I jumped.”
He abruptly stops, turning around to face me. I wasn’t expecting him to stop walking, so I nearly run into him. He puts his arms on my shoulders to steady me.
“You didn’t know you could fly before you jumped?” Will lets go of my shoulders and crosses his arms over his chest.
“Ihadto jump,” I tell him, knowing he won’t understand. “It’s this feeling I had. If I didn’t jump, I was going to go insane. I was sweaty and my body was tingling. I knew the only way I would feel better was if I jumped. It was like I didn’t have a choice.”
Will relaxes his face, his arms going down by his side. “I understand. It’s like that for us if we don’t shift often enough.” He furrows his brows. “You’re going to have to tell Parker the truth. You can’t hide this. Those two boys already saw you—they thought you were a dragon shifter from far away. But somebody is going to figure it out.”
“I know.” I frown, not knowing what to say. “I’m just scared. You already told me that I’ll be sent away. But this is my home. You guys are the only friends I’ve ever had. I don’t want to go away.”
“You’re not going anywhere,” Will promises. “I only said that because I wanted to discourage you from having feelings for Parker—I still do. Whatever you think is going to happen isn’t. You can’t date him.”
I swallow hard. “I know.”
Will sighs. “I’m sorry. I know I’ve hurt your feelings.”
I shake my head. “No, you’re right. Parker has a soulmate out there waiting for him. I can’t compete with that.”
“You have a soulmate waiting for you too,” Will says.
I glance up at him. “How do you know? You’re not even sure what I am. Maybe there is nobody waiting on me. I might be alone forever.”
“You’ll never be alone.” Will puts his hand on the small of my back and nudges me forward. “If you tell Parker I said this, I will deny it, but you’re not so bad.”
Not so bad. I can’t help but grin at his words.
“I like you too,” I tell him.
He snorts. “I didn’t say I like you. Itolerateyou. There is a difference.”
“Not for you.”
He doesn’t say anything else after that—probably because he knows I’m right.
Will never admits to liking anybody, not even his best friends.
20
If you know what’s good for you.
If I thought Will being nice to me on Saturday night meant anything, I was sorely mistaken. Because now it’s Monday and Will is back to glaring at me in class. He doesn’t even write me snarky notes during first period like he normally does.
Though, that might be because Parker held my hand this morning.
I know that I should pull away. Iknowthat we can’t be together. But when Parker touches me, it’s like any objection leaves my body. I would do anything to get him to keep touching me.
I wish I could explain this all to Will. But I know he won’t understand. I can’t blame him after what happened to his parents. I shouldn’t expect him to understand. Parker and I are breaking the rules—maybe not physically, all we’ve done is hold hands. But we’re definitely breaking the rule emotionally.
