I went back into the daisy room and covered my clothes with my quilt.
Viviana and Azalea were the first to come in. I pretended I was asleep.
They said nothing to me.
Baily and Beautricia came in next.
They said nothing to or about me.
They all got ready for sleep.
Madame Edith came in and checked that we were all asleep or getting ready to go to what she called, "The Shores of Sleep". She ducked back out as Azalea got into bed.
They all went to sleep almost at once.
I stuffed the pillow I had lain a second ago. I took my dresses and spread them out under my blanket in the shape of me, as I did every night.
Then I opened the door as soundlessly as possible.
I tip-toed out.
I ran into no one.
I hurried over the dark grass.
I pushed through the row of trees closest to the school.
I slipped over the hedge which laid under the trees.
I stopped.
I felt safe.
I crouched down between the bushes anyway; my heart throbbing so loudly I thought for sure that everyone up in the finishing school could hear it.
I slipped into the tall, grassy plant that I always slept in.
I stretched my arms.
My finger touched something.
It felt warm.
It felt like skin.
I gasped.
The "thing" moved.
It drew back.
I sat up.
I looked over.
In the moonlight, I could see.
It was a hand.
A human hand, nonetheless.
I gasped again.
I parted the grass.
I saw a bulky (muscular) arm.
I looked further.
I saw a torso of a man.
I saw a neck.
I saw a chin.
I saw a nose.
I saw two deep brown eyes.
I saw hair as black as midnight.
I saw a shirtless man.
He was covered in sweat.
He wore pants that were torn in the leg.
He had the stubble of a beard on his face.
He had sturdy, high cheekbones.
His skin was slightly tanned.
His hair was curly.
His hair was shaggy.
He was the hottest guy I'd ever seen.
He was breathing deeply.
His chest was hairless and muscular.
His eyes started to quiver.
Before I could move, his eyes opened.
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