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  1. Cover
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  38. EPILOGUE
  39. PLAYLIST
  40. THE PASS SNEAK PEEK
  41. TANNER
  42. SYDNEY
  43. TANNER
  44. ALSO BY REBECCA JENSHAK

He holds up the pen and the extra cartridges and then walks to my backpack and pulls out my notebook. Then he pulls two chairs that I hadn’t noticed pushed off to the side to the front. He motions for me to sit and he takes the other chair. Flipping open the notebook, he crosses one leg over a knee and uses it to write on.

On a blank page, he writes, Will you go out with me? He hands it to me, and I read it aloud so the class can follow along while I write Yes.

“Like getting a date,” he says to the class and they laugh.

He scribbles something else on a new page and hands it to me.

“Nathan 867-5309,” I read.

“Exchanging numbers.”

I look up to the class as he starts writing again. They’re totally hanging on every word. It’s so much better than what we’d planned, and I have no idea how he came up with it or why he didn’t tell me. It’s genius. This time he hands over the whole notebook instead of a single page.

I start to read and then stop when I realize it’s the notes we exchanged back and forth at the beginning of the semester. I find my voice and read Nathan’s messy scrawl. I’ve looked at it so many times since that day, I practically have it memorized.

Things I’ve learned about Chloe:

  1. Likes bran muffins (yuck)
  2. Likes my mouth on her fingers

I roll my eyes when I get to number three where he’s added,

  1. Loves Nathan

“Keep reading,” he urges.

Things I’ve learned about Nathan:

1. Likes blueberry muffins

2. Likes your mouth. Period.

3. Likes PDA.

My eyes prick when I see the new addition. I swallow around the lump in my throat and read it.

4. Loves Chloe.

When I meet his blue gaze, he smiles and speaks to the class without taking his eyes off me. “Or telling a girl you love her for the first time.”

He stands, holds up the pen, smirks, and tosses it to a guy in the first row. “Invest in a good pen and get the girl.”

The class applauds. He pulls me to his feet and shields me from the class as he says, “I love you, Chloe. I wanted to tell you yesterday. Hell, I wanted to tell you weeks ago. You’re everything. My princess, my knight, my dragon. Every fairy tale I ever heard rolled up into one and so much better because you’re real.”

“Kiss me already, Nathan Payne.”

He does and the class gets louder. I think Professor Sanchez might try and settle them down, but I just keep kissing my man because he loves me and I love him and right now, it’s all that matters.

35

NATHAN

“Girlfriend.”