2 - Seeing Double: Good Ol' Boys

She's a million miles out of my league.

But when I find out that Kenna is my online student, the fake name I used to become a tutor gives me the confidence I needed to talk to her.

I don’t know anything about women, but it sure seems like she’s flirting with me. This would never happen if she found out I'm just that nerd who can't stop staring at her in the cafeteria, unable to speak in her presence.

If she wasn’t dating my best friend, maybe I wouldn’t feel so guilty for being desperately in love with her.

But Kenna is the girl every guy wants, because she lights up every room she enters with her perfect smile and addicting laugh. I can't focus on anyone else when she's nearby.

So I let myself flirt with her, and it somehow happens in real life, not just through our late-night emails.

The real hang-up is that she doesn’t know there’s two versions of me, the quiet guy I am on the outside and the real me beneath the surface.

When she inevitably finds out, I don’t know how she’ll ever forgive me for lying to her about my true identity.