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"Oh," she said softly, tears pooling in her eyes despite her best effort

"Hey Hey," he said, brushing a tear off her cheek "Don’t cry We’ll be okay We’ll h"

She nodded and closed her eyes So they were going to do the sa to continue to hide?

"I can’t believe they’re allowing that I thought you always said that you would choose the ca his words back at him She wanted him to tell her that he loved her She wanted his confession to be to her, not to Heather and Elliott

"I’et the choice," he told her, bringing his lips down and kissing her tenderly

They broke apart, and Liz looked up into his eyes, wondering what he was thinking Did he think that they could hide forever? She couldn’t be the girl on the side the whole time He loved her She wanted to be out in the open with hi herself to say it She couldn’t ruin theirto be so busy, and they’re worried aboutI think we should lie low for a little while," he told her

"Lie low," she said hollowly What had they been doing?

"I want to keep you in n"

"The ca his words back to him

"I don’t think I’ll be able to see you as much in the next et, but I have a real shot of winning"

"You’re going to win," she told hi, but she had never expressed her opinion

He s to win as you are," he said, then kissed her again "You know I don’t want to take time away from you, Liz"

She waited for it He had to say it It was on the tip of his tongue

"But this is a priority…"

"A priority," she said, still reeling He wasn’t going to say it She could feel it He wasn’t going to tell her

"Liz," he pleaded, forcing her to look at hih the can"

She snapped out of it and nodded "I understand We’re just going to stay the e are," she whispered

Stay hidden, she thought sadly to herself

"Lie low I can do that," she continued "I was thinking of going to visit my friend in DC next weekend anyway Then you won’t even have to think about it for a couple days Give everyone so to do that," he responded quickly

"My friend askedto have tiet away, but school ends this week and you…well, you’re busy," she said softly, staring down at her hands

"As ood idea for the weekend Who knohat Heather will havethis week after our blowout," he said with a chuckle Liz couldn’t even one"

"I’ to miss you too," she said

He pulled her over into his lap and she wrapped her arms around his neck "Baby," he said

"Yeah," Lizthat he would tell her how he really felt

"We still have the rest of the night together, at least"

"Then we should use our time wisely," she whispered

"Yes, we should," he said, hoisting her into his ar her upstairs

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