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My phone buzzed on htstand I reached for it My stoiving
Me: Same to you
I bit the inside ofwhat else to say
Me: Did you have a good day?
Reece: Yes My Aunt Beth came over w/a turkey My dad was even alood
Reece: What about yours?
I stared at the words on the screen for a long Hunter, and how much I should tell Reece
Reece: How’s Hunter?
Me: Good
Reece: You kissed
I gasped,around my phone Could he read my mind across miles?
Me: How do you know that?
It didn’t occur to me to lie
Reece: Because that’s what I would have done I did do it Reot
Me: Actually I kissed hian to worry that he wasn’t going to reply at all Maybe I shouldn’t have been so honest
Reece: Guess those lessons in foreplay helped after all
Me: Guess so
Reece: Congrats, Pepper You got what you wanted Good night
Me: Good night
I dropped the phone on the bed beside , I burrowed ly sobs They weren’t the first I had ever cried in this room, on this bed, into this very pillow, but they were definitely theto cry about I had cootten what I wanted
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Sunday afternoon, Hunter dropped entle kiss and a pro, I fell onto et so asleep Apparently the four-hour drive worecheerful and like I wasn’t having any doubts about what I wanted to happen between Hunter and myself
I didn’t feel much better after my nap, either I still wasn’t any more certain about Hunter andI had convinced ht Make me safe Make me whole
If I didn’t have that any both hands overopen
My phone buzzed frolad for the excuse to procrastinate
Reece: Hey Home yet?
I s with ht, I wasn’t so sure
Me: Yes Got back couple hours ago
Reece: I want to see you
No e to type "yes" I needed to consider this Use logic instead of wild i when it caain inup the screen
Reece: Open the door
My head whipped around, staring atMy heart took off, wild as a bird trapped and struggling insidethe door wide Reece stood before hter even than I remembered, fastened onthe door behind hi room for him to enter Closed inside my room, we stared at each other, frozen like two statues Everything slowed Like someone hit a PAUSE button Blood rushed, a dull roar in ined I could even hear theleaped to action