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I squeezed his hips between hs while he slipped on a condom, but when he was finished and perfectly positioned to take inity, he paused

"Are you sure?" he asked "I ht now, and I’d be okay with it I’ll wait"

I reached down to his bare backside, and with ers, pushed him into entle and sloas glad he wasn’t kissingbut the uncoh, we seeether perfectly, and I relaxed Weston’s mouth returned to mine, and we touched and tasted each other until ere spent

Just before sunrise, Weston reached for his jeans pocket He pulled out his inhaler and took a puff He stared atup at the stars Weston kissed, black box

"I got you so," he said

"For what?"

"Your birthday"

"My birthday was in September," I said

He chuckled "It’s a belated birthday gift I wanted to wait until graduation, but I couldn’t Now feels like the perfect moment"

The box creaked when I peeled it apart, andti The lid flipped open, revealing a silver heart It was nearly identical to the one in the charcoal drawing, coasped

"Do you like it?" he asked

"Like it? It’s the same necklace, isn’t it?"

He beamed "You remembered"