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But I answered anyway Because Sofia was , and for her, I’d pretend

“I don’t knohat I’d do I didn’t know before all this”

Before we snuck out of our hotel on vacation in Florida and used fake IDs to get in a club Before I pushed us to make the stupidest mistake of our lives Before ere broken down to pieces of meat

“There’s lots of things you loved,” she argued, her words slurring

Metal clanked against the headboard as I tried to shift to le fro I wasn’t used to Sofia laid on her side facing h I hadn’t seenat her

My twin

Her cheeks sunk under sharp cheekbones, and dark circles aunt Almost like the zombies we’d dressed up as for last Halloween Her once vibrant green eyes were lethargic and dull, even under the glassy reflection, letting y, al around her shoulders Before this, I’d been a rioting teenager, resentful to not have anything of ht pink Otherwise, ere the same, and it hurt to look at her

Her full lips, dry and cracked, did their best to tip into a smile “You love math Do math”

“Math is for nerds,” I answered in rote Maybe saying the saame a little more real

“Then be a nerd,” she slurred, her eyes drooping “Let’s be e are supposed to be and fuck everyone else” Her shaking hand brushed et out of here, we’re going to deserve whatever life ant for ourselves So, take it Take it with ether”

As if the passionate dey, her eyes slid closed

“Promise,” I whispered

How could I deny her anything? It was my fault ere in this mess, so it was the least I could do to pro to believe it

“I’m sorry, Sofia”

“Shut up, Han-Han,” she et out of here Erik is probably tearing the world down, looking for us”

Maybe But our captors were like ghosts, ht, not even real to the outside world

“He’s going to be so ry face, his eyebrows pulled so low they’ll be right above his lips” Another slow breath rattled in her chest like it hurt to breathe I alain “But then I’ll dance away because I’ll be a damn ballerina”