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What if I let go of the past and just did what as in his cheek "I can’t handle this I’ on here"

"Me too"

He lowered his head until his et friendship I want to fuck you"

His words banged around in ue darted out to wet er flaring in his eyes God I hadn’t meant to say his nao of ht, friend" He sent me a final look and turned and walked out the door

I WOKE UP at one in the afternoon to the s on the phone Rubbing e, snippets of last night in Reroaned I’d really cocked it up with her last night, and I hadn’t even been drunk

Clearly I’d been thinking with s, prancing around the roo to let me sleep in the same room as her No doubt--us in a hotel roo her saying his nahts of her, I looked around the rooht as I took in the creaone with Roomy and furnished in mostly chrome and leather, it was a nice flat, and he was quite proud of it He’d hired a designer and had a hand in picking out all the rugs and accessories He took it seriously because it was his, and even though I could be a ed with a text Declan He and Elizabeth were the two people I missed the most this summer They’d fallen hard for each other last fall--two of the luckiest people I knew Just watching theic they had, but I was too scared

I picked up the phone I’d called him yesterday to see if he could find me a place to rent around caot back into town

There’s nothing to rent close to Whitman, but I found you an older house: 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2500 square feet Even has a little patio out back Seventy thousand and it’s all yours Steal of a deal

What the hell?

I didn’t want to buy a place I wanted a place to crash until I graduated

I FaceTimed him since it was free

"Hiya, bro, what’s up?" I said as soon as he answered His hair et as if he’d co there

"Hey,sounds as he ray bruise under "

He squinted at ht you all rin popped up on his face "Not that you’d ever be as good aselse" I chuckled