QUOTE : Max, you can change your mind.” His voice was like autumn leaves dropping<br />lightly onto the ground.<br />“I don’t know how.”<br />Then my throat felt tight, and I rubbed my fists against my eyes. I dropped<br />my face onto my arms, crossed over my knees. This sucked! I wanted to be back<br />with the oth-<br />Fang’s hand gently smoothed my hair off my neck. My breath froze in my<br />chest, and every sense seemed hyperalert. His hand stroked my hair again, so<br />softly, and then trailed across my neck and shoulder and down my back, making<br />me shiver.<br />I looked up. “What the heck are you doing?”<br />“Helping you change your mind,” he whispered, and then he leaned over,<br />tilted my chin up, and kissed me.