Fresh Start, Fresh Thrills In The New Year

Would I smell fear when we finally came face-to-face again? “Don’t hesitate to wake me up if you need anything,” I added. First time I’d ever really gotten hurt either.”
Serenity immediately straightened in her seat, withdrawing her hand. And thankfully, Serenity still didn’t know my other secret — that I was desperately in love with her, even despite the five-year age gap and the fact that she’d been forced to raise me like a mother during the teenage years of my life. “She really said that?” she added, though the question sounded rhetorical. And even more shocked when her heart rate spiked, and she bolted for the stairs instead. “Here it is,” she announced, handing it to me.