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"Romeo, you’re my family You’re it You andHow can you not know that?"

"‘Cause I can’t believe it’s true"

"It’s you and et drafted? What if you go to a college across the country? Or even outside the States? You never talk about your future with me and I worry about it all the dao"

I kissed his lips, running ure it out as we go"

Truth was, I hadn’t thought that far ahead uorously between s work no matter what"

"Roht, in front of the fire"

"What is this place anyway?"

"The old slave house"

My eyes widened "The what???"

He huffed out a laugh "Relax, baby It’s been refurbished since then, or at least cleaned up soot bad back home My parents never came by It’s kinda my real home in a way"

Rohtened "Then yes, I’ll stay the night" I pressed his arms flat onto the couch "Can I lead? Just this once?"

He shook his head slowly, controlling Ro back out to play "No But nice try, Shakespeare"

Suddenly I was rolled over, Ro me to yelp With a playful bite on my ear, I was braced on my knees "Don’t worry, baby, I’ll take care of you"

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Three months later…

"So we leave for Oxford on the Friday and you have the option to stay for either one week or two We present on the Tuesday and then we need to edit, draft, and finish all that fun stuff before we subers crossed!