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"Please"

Her eyes went even wider until she alaze finally won her over because she sed "Okay"

She stood up and glanced down to where I was still sitting "They’re, uh…they’re in my room" When she nervously tucked her hair behind her ear, I knew she wanted me to follow her To her room

I stood up "Okay"

I hadn’t been in her room since she’dthat had been in here before she’d coed to make the space her own She had books and clothes and two stuffed teddy bears in the wicker chair in the corner A row of shoes lined the foot of her bed, and the yellow scarf she’d worn to school last rapped about her bedpost

And it smelled like her

I drew in a deep breath of wild cherry and orchid but stayed near the entrance as shenotebook from the white shelf over her bed

But ot the best of me, and I moved closer "Are all those full of stories?"

She nodded "I don’t knohy, but I have to write them by hand"

"So you only have one copy? Don’t you worry about soed "I plan to type them into the computer someday But for now, I like them like this"

She hadn’t handed the notebook over yet and was actually cradling it protectively to her chest So I reached out my hand Her eyes lifted to ave it tohow much she’d just put her trust in irlfriend appeared in the doorway, herup around her head and a blanket wrapped around her shoulders like a cape