“Yes.” Derrick whispered, wrapping his arms around her as she wiped her tears.

“So who do you pick?” Shane snapped, he obviously wasn’t sticking around if his name didn’t escape her lips.

“Derrick.” Macy told him, her voice almost completely muted. Shane stormed away and Derrick smiled.

“Really?”

“I said your name, didn’t I?” she teased, laughing.

“So what now? What about Shane and Macon and the school and what everyone is going to say?” Derrick pondered the thoughts. Rumors, fights, issues were all passing through his mind and they weren’t going in one ear and out the other.

“You know what? Let’s just take it day by day, okay?”

“Sure.” And he kissed her lips. “Wait, the question.”

“Oh, I wanted to know…um if I was worth it and you said, ‘yes’.”

“Oh that was the question.” Derrick rolled his eyes; it was so evident now. “To the meadow?”

“Actually no.” Macy figdeted in his arms suddenly. “We um need to go to school. Sorry.”
School? What does that have to do with anything?