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feel like he is taking advantage of me. I want to straighten this out ASAP so I won’t be hurt later. I’m going to solve this dilemma now so he has no choice but to either be openly serious with me or to end this now.
    “Where are you going?” Cole follows me to the backdoor and through the house.
    “Home. I have things to think about and issues to solve,” I answer him.
    “Are you mad at me?” he asks as I gather my purse, shoes, sweater and start piecing through all the scattered music sheets.
    “Yes, I am,” I tell him harshly, making him flinch. I’m starting to realize that I have a real temper issue. I run hot one minute and then cold the next, in the blink of an eye.
    “I’m sorry this can’t be different…” he starts.
    “Me too. That’s why I’m going to make it different.” He starts to say something but I’m not finished talking. I push past him and to the door while I demand an answer from him. “Tell me, honestly,” I pause. “Do you want to see something come out of this?” I gesture between us.
    “Yes,” is his single audible reply. But his eyes tell me he wants so much more.
    “Okay,” is all I say before I open his front door and walk home.
     

 
    Chapter 4
     
    I walk into the house and scream out, “Mom! Are you home?”
    Alex steps out of the living room with Kaitlyn right behind him. “Where have you been?” he asks me at the same time my mom calls from the kitchen, “In here.”
    “Don’t worry about it,” I say to Alex while walking past him and Kaitlyn to go into the kitchen.
    “Mom, I have to talk to you about something kind of important.” She’s cutting up some vegetables for dinner.
    “What is it honey?” she asks. Alex and Kaitlyn come up behind me.
    “Can I talk to you privately,” I make the point to Alex and Kaitlyn.
    “Come on,” Kaitlyn says to Alex. “Let’s go finish the movie.” She takes his hand, pulling him back towards the living room while her face is bombarding me with questions.
    Alex continues to stare at me, trying to get a read on my thoughts, as he lets Kaitlyn pull him away.
    I turn back to my mom and drop my voice when I tell her, “You know the new neighbor, Cole?” I wait till she nods. “Well, we really hit it off last night. And I am talking total connection. And I really want to see where a relationship can go with him but… since he’s going to be a teacher at our school, he doesn’t want to ‘go public’ with a relationship with me. And I don’t know what to do,” I whine the last part. Hoping she has an answer I want to hear.
    “What do you expect me to say? I think that if a relationship between you two will jeopardize his job then you guys need to cool it, for now. If you guys really ‘have a connection,’ then he’ll wait until you graduate. But I don’t think it’s wise to hide a relationship.” She sighs. I know she understands the dilemma and understands my frustration. “What do you expect me to do or say?”
    “I don’t know. I was thinking that if we had you and dad’s permission to see each other than we can just keep it cool at school.”
    “He seems like a decent person. I don’t particularly feel comfortable with him having his own house.” She pauses. “But I do trust you when it comes to those things ,” she implies about sex, “and if you guys can figure out a way to work around the other thing, then…you have our permission.”
    “Thank you, mom!” I go around the counter to give her a big hug.
    “I’m curious about something though,” she says when I let her go.
    “Huh?” I walk back around the counter and sit on a stool, feeling relaxed enough now to actually be able to sit down.
    “What’s the interest?” I give her a puzzled look. “I mean you were never serious about boys. I’ve never seen you so worked up about one before. So, what is it about him that suddenly wants you to date?” Her face breaks into a grin and she lowers her voice to ask, “Is it the