Mrs. Hartsell looked at me with amusement... and respect? "It's not that simple. Even with your flirting, I doubt Sydney realized that you were coming on to her. You might be legal now, but for Sydney, she's not going to think of you as 'legal-child' one moment and then 'fuckable-adult' the next, just because you had a birthday."

That made sense. I nodded, and Mrs. Hartsell continued.

"You have to ease her into the idea that you aren't a child anymore. That you are fuckable. If you do that, you may just stand a chance."

"So, how do I pull that off?"

"Keep up your flirting. Spend time with her...