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Seth follows me at a slow pace and veers to the side for his kit that’s in the bathrooirl?"
There’s clanking as he gathers his cologne and razor fro like a weirdo"
I tossand then zip it up "There’s… there’s…" I can’t get it out and he steps out of the doorway zipping up thehe carries his toiletries in
"Callie, whatever it is, just tell er one on the bed "It’s okay"
"There’s so to the door
"Obviously" He raises his eyebrows at"Did you put any shorts or sandals in there? It’s going to be a hell of a lot warmer there then it is here Plus, you don’t want to walk around in the sand wearing sneakers"
"I don’t own anything else," I say and then swiftly shake o Now"
Everything’s about to fall apart, just like it did last ti over his shoulder "Fine, but you’re going to eventually tell me what the panic is all about"
He turns sideways and squeezes through the doorway
I flip off the lights, close the door, and trot down the stairs after hi down the steps behind me I should have left some of my stuff here, but I’m too afraid that Caleb or my brother or my mom alk out
I dash passed the side door, s my elbow as he slams to a halt "Don’t you want to tell you lance at the side door, the light spilling through thein the center, and I shake my head "I don’t think I should"
His brow creases as he examinesthe crap out of both of us, but she see to panic if we just bail and not tell her"
My body ripples with a tremble when I see Caleb rise from the table and head across the kitchen "It’ll be okay" My voice is insignificant like the snowflakes drifting down fro
"Callie, I… why are you shaking?" He glances back at the house as the side door flings open Pale yellow light floods the darkness but then suffocates out like a flaes in the doorway
It’s Caleb carrying a trash bag in his hand He’s probably trying to winhim, because she alants to see what she wants to see Why is she so blind?
Caleb’s dee as he steps out onto the porch and into the snow,sure to close the door behind hi to say fro out in the snow?"
His gaze cuts to Seth as he steps down a stair "You got another one, huh? Decided to dump that crazy football player after he kicked my ass"
"Fuck," Seth breathes, suddenly understanding who it is His fingers plunge into ins to towbeneath our shoes
Calebthe distance between us with a smirk on his face His eyes are black like coals and his face is masked by the shadow created by the hood over his head
Sometimes I wonder why he doesn’t see with hi me?
"Come on over here and introduce him," he calls out as he arrives at the bottoer strides, practically dragging s work to keep up with hiht and I keep tripping over th that has to be suppressed inside s Do anything to wipe the pleased smirk off his face
But in his presence I’m still the child he pinned down on the bed He has his hand forced over ments I allow Seth to haulCaleb through the curtain of snowfall His eyes are fixed onto leak out of round and melt with the snowflakes
"Callie" The sound of Kayden’s voice snaps er picture
I haveKayden away froht happens I spin around and Seth’s hand falls fro in front of the bumper of the truck with his arms folded His eyes are not on me but locked on Caleb His face looks like a shadow as he stands with the rays of the headlights aiher onto ainst the snow as I run to him His eyes don’t leave Caleb even as I approach hi to the side, out of et any closer to the house ju my arms around his neck, and latch onto him
Every s around his waist, clutching onto him like I’m a leech because that’s what I need to be at the et rid of without a lot of work