Cute Teen Love -

Ella should have been creeped out. Instead, she felt a fizzy, nervous laugh bubble up. “That’s either really sweet or really weird.”

The next day, Leo brought her a coffee—extra sugar, just the way she’d seen her order a hundred times. They sat on the library steps, shoulders barely touching, and talked about everything and nothing. He told her about his dad’s terrible puns. She told him about her secret dream to become an archivist. (“So you can touch old things forever,” he said. “Exactly,” she replied, delighted.) cute teen love

For a long moment, neither of them spoke. Rain tapped softly on the window. Ella picked up the note, turned it over, and wrote something on the back. She slid it back to him. Ella should have been creeped out