Brave?

Jessica

I finish putting my mascara on and look at the finished product in the mirror. I applied my usual makeup, but something feels different today. I feel beautiful and wanted…I feel sexy. Soft curls frame my face, and I grab my lip gloss from the drawer, pausing before putting it on. I reach back into the drawer, into the way back, reaching for something I have only worn before on Halloween, but it was almost too much for me then…

My red lipstick.

I open my mouth, puckering my lips as I try to apply the lipstick evenly to them, following the curves of the edges of each line. I smack them together when finished, looking at the new Jessica in the mirror. The confident, sexy Jessica that has started to take over me.

Mike and I have been seeing each other almost every day since I kissed him. Jackson still hasn’t given permission for him to kiss me in the house, but that hasn’t stopped us from kissing in the apartment building hallway, in his car, or anywhere else that isn’t inside m