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That hat kept Ge back to him He was safe

She liked hiical spark it was thatwith Kirby When she ith him, she was completely in control—of her emotions, of the monster, even of him She would never hurt him, and he could never hurt her

“Yeah, there will be a next tirin

“Great I don’t think I could ever forgive myself if I bleith you”

“You’d be surprised by the things a person can forgive themselves for,” Gemma said under her breath

“What?” Kirby asked

“Nothing” She shook her head and forced a smile “How do I look?”

“Gorgeous, just like always”

Gehed “No, I meant, isout in the backseat of a car?”

Kirby leaned in, inspecting her hair and makeup, then kissed her quickly on the lips “Nope You look perfect”

“Thanks” Geh her dark waves of hair, the streetlight shining through the s and hitting the golden highlights that coursed through it

“So we’re still sneaking around, then?” Kirby asked, leaning back in the seat and watching her shten her top

“We’re alrounded”

“That’s kind of a bu kinda hot about sneaking around, worrying about getting caught”

Ge the sound She was careful that she never sang around him—she didn’t want to put a spell on hihter had an effect on him

“Look at you, pretending to be a bad boy,” she teased

“Hey, I’h”

He flexed his muscles, and she leaned over and kissed hi to pull her in for a longer kiss, but she broke away from him

“Sorry, Kirby, but I really gotta go,” Ge up for me as it is”

“Lao “I’ll see you at rehearsal tomorrow?”

“Of course” Gemma opened the car door and slid out “See ya”

She shut the door behind her and jogged down the block toward her house When Kirby dropped her off, she always made him park around the corner so her dad couldn’t peek out the frontand catch the out