Sutton was feeling confident about this, okay about this... until Edmund let go of her hand and walked over to Isaac. Sutton scurried after him and stood behind him so that Edmund was still between her and Isaac. Her teeth chattered in the cold. They should have grabbed coats first. She folded her arms across her chest trying to contain her body heat as much as possible.

No... she wasn't going to say anything, but the word vomit was coming... and there was nothing she could do to stop. "I'm going to tell her it was my fault. That... that I..." she couldn't bring herself to say the word "...you." And nothing else. Not that Isaac had apparently kissed her back, whatever that meant.

And then she shivered again, her eyes going to the ground as they filled with tears yet again