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Chapters (63)
  1. THE AMERICANA PLAYBOOK
  2. Dear Reader
  3. The Troubled Teen Industry
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. New England Rebels
  7. Day 44
  8. Chapter 1
  9. Chapter 2
  10. Chapter 3
  11. Chapter 4
  12. Day 55
  13. Chapter 5
  14. TWO MONTHS LATER
  15. Chapter 6
  16. Chapter 7
  17. Chapter 8
  18. Day 68
  19. Chapter 9
  20. Chapter 10
  21. Chapter 11
  22. Chapter 12
  23. Day 78
  24. Chapter 13
  25. Chapter 14
  26. Chapter 15
  27. Chapter 16
  28. Chapter 17
  29. Day 84
  30. Chapter 18
  31. Chapter 19
  32. Chapter 20
  33. Day 91
  34. Chapter 21
  35. Chapter 22
  36. Day 100
  37. Chapter 23
  38. Chapter 24
  39. Chapter 25
  40. Chapter 26
  41. Day 113
  42. Chapter 27
  43. Chapter 28
  44. Chapter 29
  45. Chapter 30
  46. Day 128
  47. Chapter 31
  48. Chapter 32
  49. Chapter 33
  50. Day 147
  51. Chapter 34
  52. Chapter 35
  53. Chapter 36
  54. Chapter 37
  55. Chapter 38
  56. Chapter 39
  57. Chapter 40
  58. Epilogue
  59. ONE MONTH LATER
  60. FIVE YEARS LATER
  61. Acknowledgments
  62. Also by Cathryn Carter
  63. About the Author

He lingers in the crook of my neck for a good minute, alternating between nuzzling the space with his nose and brushing his scruff against it. “You and me in a classroom.”

“Mmmhmm,” I mumble.

Fitz lowers his body, his full length hard and alert and pressing up against me. My breath hitches in the back of my throat.

“Doing this with clothes on.”

Slowly—and careful not to slip inside me—Fitz starts gliding over my center.

“O-okay,” I stutter after the third or fourth pass when I’m finally able to find my voice.

Fitz pulls away from my neck, finding my lips. “Kissing.”

The strength of his mouth pulls mine open as his tongue waves inside to link with mine. I clutch at the back of his head and squeeze my legs together to keep him in both places.

I whimper when he pulls away, sitting back on his knees.

I push up on my elbows. “And?”

“No and. Those things. Together. Fully clothed.”

I bite my tongue to keep from laughing. “You want to dry hump while we make out?”

Fitz’s head tilts to the side, sighing. “A kid can dream, can’t he?”

I lick my lips. And while I’m not sure I’ll be able to get Fitz back into the classroom to tick off another naughty item on the nostalgia bucket list, I wonder if I can take him back to the past while still living out the things he once dreamed about in a different way.

* * *

“Oh!” Lo claps her hands. “That is beyond cute.”

I hop out of the car, tucking the poster under my arm.

“What isn’t cute is that you smell like manure,” she says, wrinkling her nose.

“I was just at the barn. I’ll shower and change before tonight,” I promise. I shut the door with my hip. “Did you get the final count?”

Lo pulls out her phone. “We have yes from every guy on the fifty-three man roster and twelve from practice squad. And plus ones. You have no idea how excited everyone is.”

“Aren’t there sixteen guys on the practice squad?”

Lo sighs. “Foller cut four form the roster yesterday, so a few guys moved up.”

“Yesterday?” I ask. “The season didn’t even start yet. How can he cut anyone?”

“Oh.” Lo snickers darkly. “He can always find someone to cut. Or threaten to.”

I shake my head. I can’t stand the guy.

“Is it almost time?” I ask her.

Lo takes out her phone. “Yup. We have four minutes. They’re done at 11:12.”

“You mean 11:15.”

“No.” Lo shakes her head. “Practice ends at 11:12.”

“Who ends anything at twelve minutes past the hour?”

We begin walking and I peak over at Agent Samuels who steps out of the SUV, trailing me.