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Hu out a sound of pleasure, she lifted her hand to ainstto bite into s entwined as they stretched out in front of us, I wasn’twe sat that ithout talking, just enjoying nature abounding around us I kind of thought she h to fall asleep inthe serenity of the ether and then co it free

When she drew in a deep breath and smoothed her hand over my chest, I realized she was still awake after all

"You know," she ht drop off any moment "You still haven’t told rinned at her persistence and brought her hair to my nose to sers worked slowly down es? Do you just want to go to Ella else in hed and dropped the lock of hair "I’e"

"But--"

"There’s no way I could afford it"

Sitting up on my lap so she could face me, she shook her head "That’s nonsense talk, Knox There are all kinds of loans, scholarships--"

"Scholarships?" I sniffed out an incredulous laugh "I’ I was already held back one grade There will be no scholarships for me And I don’t want to start out in debtwhen I’ree" Especially since I planned on saving every extra penny I earned froh school, if it came to that

Her brow crinkled with confusion "Wait, you were held back a grade?"

I nodded and began to play with her hair again to distractto her what a dumbass I was I wanted her to see rade," I said, "Becausescores sucked ass Took them another year to realize I had dyslexia"

She tipped her head to the side, squinting as if trying to figure out a puzzle "Sowas your sister held back too?"

"Mercy?" I frowned, wondering how she’d come to that conclusion "No, she doesn’t have dyslexia Just er brothers had ended up with it