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I’m immediately out of ht to her car, which is now backing out of ainst her hood as I rush to catch up to herShe’s not looking ather hardest not to look out theI’ on her ith my fist I see her hand reach down to put the car in drive I don’t even think I sprint to the front of the car and slapdirectly in front of it so she can’t take off I’ at me

"Roll down your ," I yell

She doesn’tother than what’s right in front of her

Me

I slap the hood of the car again until she finally brings her eyes up toher heartache confuses the hell out ofout she was Cinderella, yet she seems embarrassed as hell that I realized it

"Please," I say, wincing fro her upset and I really hate that this is why she’s upset

She puts the car in park, then reaches a hand to her door and lowers the driver’s sideI’m not so sure she still won’t drive away if I move out froin toan eye on her hand to ensure she doesn’t put the car back into drive

When I reach her , I bend my knees and lower myself until I’m face to face with her "Do I even need to ask?"

She looks up at the roof and leans her head against the headrest "Daniel," she whispers through her tears "You wouldn’t understand"

She’s right

She’s absolutely right

"Are you embarrassed?" I ask her "Because we had sex?"

She squeezes her eyes shut, giving away the fact that she thinks I’h herand pull her gaze back to mine "Don’t you dare be embarrassed by that Ever Do you kno ht about you? I was there Iwith you, so please don’t think for a second that I would ever judge you for what happened between us"

She begins to cry even harder I want her to get out of the car I need to hold her because I can’t see her this upset and not do whatever I can to take it away

"Daniel, I’h her sobs "This was a e earshift and I’ to stop her

"No No, Six," I plead She puts the car in drive and reaches to the door, then places her finger on thebutton

I make one last atteins to rise on me "Six, please," I say, shocked at the sadness and desperation in my own voice She continues to raise theuntil I’m completely out of it and it’s all the way up I press lass, but she drives away

There’s nothing left for me to do but watch the back of the car as it disappears down the street

What the hell was that?

I pull h my hair and look up at the sky, confused as to what just happened

That wasn’t her

I hate that she had the complete opposite reaction from me when she found out who I was

I hate that she’s eet it Like she wants to forgetI possibly can to co else I’ve ever experienced

She can’t do this She can’t just push me away like this without an explanation

Chapter Six

I couldn’t give rabwrong They felt bad about their jokes, but I didn’t even have it in me to reassure them that they weren’t the problem I couldn’t reassure them, because I don’t even knohat the probleht, though Right now

I put ine, relieved to see her car parked in her driveway I get out of my car and shut my door, then head to her front door Before I make it to her front porch, I detour to the side of the house I knoith the shape she left o, there’s no way she would have walked through her front door She would have taken the