_ Damn, She Kissed Me

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"Did you just kiss me?"

I froze. My brain malfunctioned.

Words? What were those?

"Uh," I said intelligently.

Her eyes burned into mine, demanding an answer, but my mouth had apparently decided to stage a mutiny against me.

Talk of hypocrites; where was Hugo when you needed him?

"Okay, listen," I blurted, hands flying up in defense. "It's not what it looks like… well, actually, it kind of is, but it's not—I mean, I wasn't trying to! I mean… did! But not on purpose! It just—it was an accident! And then it happened again! But I swear, I wasn't—"

María José just kept staring.

My face was on fire.

I couldn't stop talking. I needed to stop talking. I was making it worse.