Chapter 28

"Nice? You looked totally hot in it."

"Lemon!"

"It's true, you did. And stroking my hair again is not going to get me to shut up about it. I know what you've been doing, Julia."

She might be on to me, but it didn't stop me from running my fingers through her soft, silky locks anyway. "I like your hair, Lemon."

"So you've shown me, Julia."

Lemon knew exactly what I was doing now, but the trick still worked. Soon her head was resting on my thigh again. I really liked it there.

Mom and Dad completely surprised me that night at dinnertime. "Honey, we got you a room for after prom. It's in the hotel attached to the ballroom. It's a double, so you and Lemon can stay there together if it's OK with her folks. Prom can go late and we don't want you two driving home tired and being on the road with people who have been drinking."

"Thanks, guys, that's really nice."

"Just try not to rack up too much on room service. OK, honey?" my dad teased.