Cute Teen Love -

Ella snorted. “I’m five-foot-two.”

She scanned the library. Only three other people were there: a freshman sleeping on a desk, the librarian sorting returns, and Leo Chen. He had his nose buried in a graphic novel, but his ears were pink. Very pink.

Leo shrugged, sliding the note back toward her. “I tried once. You were explaining the Treaty of Versailles to your friend and you said ‘reparations’ like you really meant it. I got intimidated.” cute teen love

They held hands for the first time under the library’s flickering fluorescent lights. It wasn’t a grand movie moment. But when Ella leaned her head on Leo’s shoulder, and he rested his cheek against her hair, it felt like the beginning of something truer than any French Revolution essay.

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

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.

“Can it be both?” he asked.

She sat down across from him. “Why didn’t you just talk to me?”