“There are many ways a self-respecting (not to mention sane) teenage girl might react to having a teenage boy suddenly in her bedroom in the middle of the night.
Hit.
Panic.
Flail.
Freeze.”

— Ally Carter, book Only the Good Spy Young

Source: Only the Good Spy Young

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