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Kissingtoward the parking lot

Feelingout a sigh, he said, "He loves you very , I nodded my head "I know he does I don’t think he ever left the hospital once"

Letting out a soft chuckle my mother said, "No He didn’t Gunner had to force hi my botto crazy, so I just inhaled a deep breath and blew it out "He saved my life"

"What?"to me,straight out to where Colt ran, I decided I was going to tellyou back? What do youto look at her, I felt such a sense of peace S I said, "I saw Grandpa"

My mother’s face fell and the color all but drained froht ahead, I inhaled a deep breath once again This ti up, I smiled when I saw the rain clouds Oh, how I hoped it would rain I wanted to sit in the barn and listen to it hit the tin roof "I think for a fewin a really bright room and Grandpa was there Except, it didn’t feel like I should go with hi out for ony ThenI felt his warout a soft chuckle, I turned to my o back to Colt"

With her chin tre, my mother pulled me to her and cried as my father wrapped both of us up in his arms "Lauren, I don’t knoe would have done if we had lost you"

With ether I’d never felt so loved before ininto me I had to smile because I knew the et

Hearing Colt clear his throat, ently on the cheek "You ready to head ho my head, I turned to kiss my father, thenme that smile that has made me feel safe since I could re, Colt"

Reaching out, Colt shook my father’s hand, then kissedthe door to his truck, Colt helpedme that melt-my-panties smile, he placed his hand on the side of my face and whispered, "You’re foreveracutely aware of ers ached with the need to touch Colt "Care to make that Lauren Ashley Mathews?" Colt’s eyes turned dark as his htly A shiver ran across my entire body

"When?" Colt asked in a whispered kiss against s, I internally begged for him to touchin his breath, Colt s around the front of his truck, I wipedto be able towith hier since I had gotten sick

Ju in, Colt reached over and hit play on this stereo When his iPod started playing, I couldn’t help but s Colt had played it the night we shared our first real kiss Ever since then, I must have listened to it at least twice a day

"I love this song," I said as I turned to Colt S, he nodded his head and looked back atwith Colt and knowing he was going to wrapClosing my eyes, I slowly drifted off to sleep

MY FATHER AND I rode along the fence line in silence I’d been waiting for him to have this talk with me since Lauren cao

Clearing his throat, I turned slowly and looked at hiid and I knew he had a lot on his mind "Dad, I need to talk to you"