Page 36 of Stars Collide

Eden:

Guilty.

Anna:

Favorite genre?

Eden:

Tie between suspense and fantasy. I like to escape the real world when I read.

Anna:

I’m a sucker for a good romance novel

Eden:

They’re so unrealistic though! I get frustrated.

Anna:

Noooo Eden don’t break my heart like that

Eden:

...

The dots appeared and disappeared several times, yet no reply came. Anna had gotten so caught up in the conversation that maybe she’d taken it too far. As she was trying to decide how to shift them back on track, Eden’s reply finally came through.

Eden:

It’s the overdone sex, I think. The way they’re all I’LL DIE IF I DON’T HAVE YOU THIS MINUTE.

Anna:

um that’s my favorite part

Eden:

It makes me roll my eyes.

Anna didn’t know how to respond to that. Was Eden saying she’d never had that “I’ll die if I don’t have you” feeling with anyone? The thought made Anna want to ... nope, not even going to finish that thought.

Anna:

if you ever want to try a romance with imho the perfect balance of sexual tension and an engaging plot that won’t make you roll your eyes, try On the Flip Side by Brie

Eden:

Hang on ...

Eden:

Ok bookmarked it but no promises

Anna wondered whether she should mention that it was a sapphic romance, but any way she tried to phrase it seemed to veer into territory they were both trying to ignore. Eden had probably read the description when she bookmarked it anyway.

The next morning, neither of them mentioned it at rehearsal. Anna took Eden’s suggestion and asked her choreographer to tweak the step she was messing up, and it worked like a charm. Still, she felt oddly unsettled as she headed into her final days of rehearsal.