"Ah s'pose y'all don't give much written warnin' for a 'no'." She wasn't heavy at all, that was true. But a Kentucky farm upbringing gave Jay some decent upper body strength to go along with the drawl. He did back up to his bed with a few steps. His knees bumped against the edge and he carefully sat down with her still holding on.
"Ah ain't the type fer writin' notes much, but thinkin' 'bout asking you to go had me all kinds of distracted in class." He stole another brief kiss. "In fact, jes' thinkin' 'bout you at all keeps mah mind wanderin' every which way but school-like." Joshua, as he had a history of doing, was falling hard for the girl. Now that it was out in the open; now that his feelings were more or less acceptable to be felt.