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I tried to convince Elyssa to save a bit of the rancid grease so we avebull dead in its tracks, so I took that as a "no"

Ms Foreman smiled in a kind, yet purely evil way as we came to tell her ere done She checked her watch "Goodness gracious, children It certainly took you long enough" She giggled gleefully, reives his blessing, perhaps I can find so for you two toed out to the parking lot I felt for Stacey’s presence but didn’t sense it I did not feel co nearby

"Well this has been an interesting week," I said "In a way, I’ to kind of lared at me "You’re insane, aren’t you?"

"Maybe a little" That brought a tiny s with you today?"

"I already told you that," she said "I didn’t get enough sleep"

"Why not? Watching too ht TV?"

"Is it really that important to you?"

"Yes, because you’re i down this road again are we?"

"What road?"

"The one where you do stupid crap because you want to protectabout what happens to someone is touchy-feely, then I’m sorry I’m not a real man I’m just an idiot who believes in cos for someone who needs the quite fine until you started showing concern Just look where that got us"

"You ungrateful--" I shutreally nasty slipped out

"You want gratitude?" She belted out a laugh heaped with scorn "So that’s what this is about You do it to feel good about yourself" She gave a knowing nod "Well find soratitude you so desire"

I stood there, fists clenched and blood pressure rising Then I walked over to her Grabbed her around her slender waist Pulled her to me and planted a kiss on her soft lips She tensed I braced for a possible knee to the groin Instead, she kissed ainstflowers, leather, and a little bit like the grease traps It was an odd, but unexpectedly nice coed animalistic part of me clawed at the flimsy barrier I’d erected to keep it at bay I couldn’t hold it off er I broke off the kiss before the dark side of e tremulous eyes Her raven locks framed the creamy fair skin of her face I had never realized just how beautiful she was until that moment I brushed a stray lock from her face and tucked it behind her ear My heart pounded, so filled with desire and yearning, I had to take a deep breath

She looked so vulnerable and scared that I wanted to kiss her again But I couldn’t It was all I could do to holdher essence When "demonic" becomes a common adjective you use to describe yourself, you know you have a probleo and do that?" she asked softly, tracing her finger along my chest

"Because I really like you"

"Why do you likethat came to mind was, "I just do"

"You just do? Aren’t you supposed to tell me how beautiful hed "Well, both are true"

"Have you been looking at y without my skinny jeans to hold it in place?"

"Only one way to know," I said and gave her a playful slap on the rear "Gee, do you work out?"

She gave irlish way I hadn’t heard since cleaning the trophy cases It felt good to snap her out of the bad rease traps had inspired

She took ernail "Justin, we need to take this slow I have an…unusual hoht not want to be with listened at the corner of one eye

I took her hand and kissed the smooth skin of her wrist just beneath the palood It felt like…home "I don’t think a crazy faht"

Her lips brushedkiss before she got in her car and drove away