“I can understand that.” He nodded. “What are you going to do?”
I looked at him and bit my bottom lip. “I had a lot of fun today, and I enjoyed seeing you. But I won’t make my mom’s life harder. I’ll let Shannon win.” I sighed and stood.
“Wait what?” Brandon reached for me.
I nodded. “I stayed away from you in highschool because Shannon loved you and I didn’t want to make my mom’s life harder. I know you want me to be your luna, but I love my mom too much to hurt Shannon like this.”
He looked panicked. “Let me walk you home, and I’ll talk to your mom and Morgan. f**k, I’ll even talk to Shannon. I don’t want to lose you because of this.”
Bingo.
We walked down the street hand in hand. Every so often someone would stop and stare, but I ignored the looks, until we turned down my stree
