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I sat down next to her and pulled her hair fro it up and started to brush it with ers I knew she loved it when I did this

"Mled a little

"Well, I can do it for the next four at least, then I have to hit the road," I just smiled down at her "Tell me about this crappy day"

She rolled over on her side and propped her head up "Ugh, group project," she rolled her eyes

I laughed a little, knowing how Nolan felt about group projects--never ht not have ever gotten together Nolan was the perfect student, but she also expected perfection froroup couldn’t deliver that, it stressed her the hell out

"Bad group?" I asked, already knowing

"The worst," she let out a heavy breath, her lips quivering a little with it "We have to perform practice IQ tests on each other, and the two other jackasses intoith the blocks today, rather than lining up the colors for a pattern like you’re supposed to do"

I laughed a little at her, but the look she shot me shut me up pretty quickly "Sorry, it just doesn’t sound sooooo bad," I said, stroking her hair again to ether for you"

She sat up then and looked me in the eyes with a serious expression "You didn’t let ry Bird stuffed ani them into the towers This went on for 30 minutes; I prepped an entire test before they knocked over six blocks!"

Stifling the laughter was too difficult, and finally it broke free from me Nolan just shoved her pillow in hly as she stood up I couldn’t help it though, the scene was just too ether "But you have to admit, it sounds pretty funny I don’t knohat’s better, the fact that they have stuffed anie, or that they came up with this idea"

The smirk on her face when she turned around letto see the huoodness I have one , but he’s actually pretty smart, plus he runs the fifth floor, so I can work on the project with hi done with Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum"

I didn’t miss the he part of her stateuy lived only two stories up froht he was pretty smart But I kept that deep inside and put it in line with the other things I talk about--and probably swear about a little--to h the desert between our two schools Instead, I just smiled at her, pulled her to my lap and went to work on herto spendher

Chapter 2

Nolan

I never got tired of seeing Reed waiting forIt made the day rush by, and I wanted to run to hi for me It was only a hundred miles between our two schools, but it was still a hundred ah the desert, still a little shell-shocked from our accident

Some days he was tired, and I could tell But hetoday, and I knew he desperately wanted to have the conversation about h with the draft, but I wasn’t ready to have that talk yet

I knew he loved ht of uprooting things, just for hi world--woued my mind It didn’t help that his ht ere in each other’s company now, but there was always an air of disdain in how she spoke to irlfriends sensed it Hell, Reed’s dad, Buck, even sensed it too, telling et to me

But all of that didn’t matter when I lay in his arms I enjoyed the now It calut fro ed out the worry over Reed’s draft decision

"You’re still stressed about this project, aren’t you?" Reed whispered in h me I just took a deep breath and turned onmy face deep in his chest while he wrapped his massive arms around me