“You may be a goof, but you’re my goof.”You say that now, I thought to myself. I smiled at her and tried to hide my growing anxiety.The entire C...ulter family ate dinner with us that night. Gina and Kara teased Leah about the day’s late start, but it wasn’t mean-spirited, just good-natured sisterly jabs. For her part, Leah mostly ignored her older sisters and held an animated conversation with Erin. Most of their conversation, what I heard of it, consisted of talk about boys. When I couldn’t. The learning was easy, but you missed your friends. After a few months, you asked if you could be a boy so you could go to school like everyone else and so people would quit calling you names. Our hearts just about broke when we heard you say that."Your Mom asked you to really think about that and to make sure that's what you wanted. The next day you packed up all your girl stuff and gave it to your friends. You then asked your Mom to take you to get a hair cut. She told you that you didn't. And no, you can't swap." she announces. A wave of sighs and annoyed groans goes over the class. I didn't mind it though. I didn't have any real friends in this class. It saved the awkwardness of being the last person to find a partner.Mis Davies presses her clicker and the slide changes to a table showing everyone's partners. People scramble from their chairs to the front to get a better look. A few more groans come from the crowd and a couple of celebrations. I just sit back though. No point. My arms lifted of their own volition and I found myself clinging to him, my head on his shoulder, breathing in his heady aroma.The second I felt theslight shift that told me he was going to end the hug I let go and pulled away as he did. I didn't want him to think I intended to try and start something physical while I was here. I figured that would make him pull away from me emotionally and I didn't want him to do that. I didn't want to ruin our time together with tension. Stepping back, I.