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"How could I not know?" She shed and leaned back,hers

"That’s what best friends are for" She rested her head down onthe stars These were the ti in silence with someone With her It reminded me that while I felt alone, I always had her Even in my darkest hours Even when I didn’t want to talk Even when I felt like the world was caving in on ht at the end of the tunnel I closed ht about ht she’d always be there as well There was a point when I thought that I was her world But I’d been wrong I feltas Clementine rested next to me What if Clementine left me as well? What if her forever was te my best friend?

Chapter Six

"What time is the barbeque?" I watched Clementine as she pottered around in my kitchen

"I told Nanna, we’ll be there around noon toe and pulled out sorilled cheese?"

"Sure" I nodded and sat on one of the stools that she had helped me choose out "Don’t burn the bread"

"When have I ever burned the bread?" She turned to me and raised an eyebrow

"Well there’s a first ti"

"There’s a first time for me to stab you with this knife" She rolled her eyes at hed

"Just don’t burn the bread"

"Don’t just sit there watchingpan and put it on the stove

"What else should I be doing?" I jumped up and walked over to her

"Go and watch TV or sorabbed a slice of Arinned as I nibbled on the cheese

"You’re going to ruin your appetite"

"Yes, mom"

"Whatever" She punched ot this is rinned at roaned

"Never" I shuddered

"Thanks, Rhett"

"Sorry, but that s and forever and evers" Iwith forever and ever and happily ever afters"

"They don’t exist" I opened the fridge and grabbed a coke "Unless you live in a fairytale"

"Not true" She shook her head "There is sohed and took a long swig of coke "I don’t want anyone"

"Don’t you ever wonder ill happen though, Rhett?" She looked at row old with sohed and she set married and have kids, what then?"

"You’ll still bethat hit my heart at her words What would happen if Cleot married and had a bunch of kids What would happen to us?

"I will, butout with you every day"

"You guys can adoptserious, Rhett" She frowned "We won’t be able to hang out every day You can’t just coht You can’t expect to just be into say, Cle? Are you still upset at the other night?"

"No" She sighed "I’ to stay the sarabbed her around the waist and picked her up

"Rhett, put ainst h to the living room and dropped her on the couch

"You can’t just pick lared at rinned and winked at her

"Because it’s not appropriate"

"Since when have you cared if so is appropriate or not?" I sat on the couch next to her "You’ve worn my boxer shorts to sleep in That’s not appropriate"

"That’s only because I slept over and didn’t have PJ’s" She glared atto happen" She rolled her eyes at e of a nad Cleroan I hadn’t had sexual thoughts of her in a few days and I thought I’d controlled the to corinned as she flipped the sandwich in the pan

"Not sure" She grabbed a plate from the cupboard "Maybe"

"Dude, what do you ether"

"I said maybe," She spoke softly "We have a lot of traditions, Rhett and I can’t keep up with all of theets in the way"

"Uh huh" I rolled nored the tenseness in e if we don’t want it to"

"Rhett, youas I walked in the door

"Of course, I wouldn’t have rinned back at her and looked around "Where’s Cle irritated

"Oh, she’s in the back with her brothers playing softball" Nanna sathered" I responded politely "I thought Cleether That’s ays do" I frowned as I stood there

"I think her friend Penelope needed a ride" Nanna rubbed ive you soo out and join everyone"