ArdentChapter 4
Unlike the previous year, Ardy wanted to be seen with me. We wore jeans and sneakers to the movies and I told her she was cute. She wore the black dress and gold earrings to attend a school play. "You're beautiful," I said. "Would you prefer that we stay home and fuck? I'll wear just the earrings," she offered. "You've expanded your vocabulary. You must be associating with the wrong people," I teased. At the Christmas break we made excuses, saying that we needed to stay at...