Book Two: Branch Ninety Eight

"There you are what took you so long?" Joshua whispered to Aletta as she walked to their newfound hiding spot.

"I was at the ladies" she said going to stand beside him." And I did not want anyone to catch us so I came a little later" she added and he nodded.

"You seem very knowledgeable about hiding to date" he said and her head whipped to him in confusion.

"What do you mean?" she asked folding her hands across her chest.

"I mean that you always know what to do to ensure we aren't caught. it's like you have had experience before"

"You know what? Now that you mention it I remember that I have experienced such a thing before" she said with a smirk.

"What?" he stuttered confused.

"I think it was my first love," she said fondly as if she was reminiscing about it. "What was his name?" she asked stroking her chin.

"Aletta" he stuttered again and she gained more confidence to tease him.

"Yeah his name was Sebastian, we had to play hide and seek while we dated. I mean we were high school stu