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"I don’t want you to I just want you by my side as inspiration when I save myself" Because I knew better than she did… it didn’t work that way People didn’t save other people You could only depend on yourself Look at Alec He was still trying to save aainst begging

I reached out and cupped her chin, gently pulling her head closer toher back and I wasn’t about to let that soain, "Help me be better I need you in my life, Nat You’re like my sunshine, my air I can’t explain it, I just know I’ered

"Don’t ret this, Demetri"

My entire body felt free "Really?" My smile felt so real

She nodded

"Do you want breakfast?" I pushed away from the bed and held out "

Chuckling, I lifted her into h a little bird told oing to kill Alec!" she yelled A cute, she thought she stood a chance against that hed "I should have warned you how he plays Go Fish" Or any game for that matter

"He’s an animal!" she yelled as I carried her down the stairs I wasn’t ready to let her go yet, and I wanted Alec to see that I’d taken the higher road

"Heard that!" Alec fired back frohed and set Nat down on her feet and went to the fridge to pull out the contents for a kick ass o, sleepy head Did you know you snore?" Alec said, not looking a way from the skillet

"I do not!" Nat defended

"Do to," Alec and I said in unison

"You were drunk!" Nat punched , I answered, "Drunk, sweetheart, not deaf"

She glared

"She’s crazy when she’s hungry," I said under rabbed a plate and piled sorus and handed uys later, kay?"

I carried the plate to the table

"Is he okay?" Nat nudged e bite of food

"Who? Alec? Of course, he’s fine Why wouldn’t he be okay?" Why did she care about Alec?

"I don’t know" She nibbled her lower lip "Did you guys talk this ?" She shifted in her seat and stared at the food like it was going to start speaking to her

"Yeah" I said, slowly droppingat her "He told irl in the world if I didn’t get up to the roorovel Naturally, I knew all that before he mentioned it, but still"