Chapter 311: Rumors and Lies, Part 1

By the time I made it to school Monday morning, everyone already knew Trent and I were engaged. The only other person I'd told besides Abby and Isach was Whitney, and she didn't gossip like Abby did, so I had to assume it was my cousin who'd blabbed. I wasn't mad at her, though, because people were going to find out eventually.

"I missed you so much this weekend," Trent said as he came up behind me at my locker.

Despite repeatedly asking, Aunt Beth had refused to let me go to Whitney's this weekend because "you've already been gone a week" and "it won't kill you to stay home." But she'd been wrong. Staying home, being away from Trent. . . it had almost killed me.

I whirled around to face him and planted my lips over his. Being away from him was always hard, but it was even harder after spending an entire week together. He flexed his hands on my waist and pulled me closer, deepening the kiss.