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I feel like I need that Like I climbed a little too far up the Callan Carmichael tree house and I need my family to hold a ladder for ht I dreae, when Jeremy Seinfield tries to kiss me Except this time I don’t turn away I lean closer and open er for him to kiss me before I slip arettes I’m so surprised by hoell he kisses, I ease back and stare at hi back at me I look into eyes that are a swirl of bronze, his voice a man’s voice, not a boy’s

"I’ onat the ti ready, h the apartment

It’s already familiar, the view outside, my bed I leave in less than two months, really It’s only a summer internship

I think of him in my bed and how my sheets still ss I won’t have again They’re branded in my memory, down to the shirts he wore and the way he sspecial about his scent It’s fa His eyes and the e talk as if we’ve known each other forever

No regrets, I reet ready for work I slip into my Carma uniform and tuck my hair into a neat bun, then look at , and deter, and writhing--that was only for my Hot Smoker Guy to see

"Hold the elevator," a fa I jerk up straighter and htly as I press the open button

Callan steps inside, typing so into his phone as he boards, stands beside me, selects his floor, and tucks his phone into his pocket

He’s wearing a suit today and my knees wobble under my skirt

I’ alone with him in the elevator until he speaks "How are you?"

Well Let’s see now I caet him off my mind, I think helplessly

"Great," I say instead "You?"

"Good now"

Through the corner ofas he looks down atmyself to face him fully Every time I do, I think that I kissed those lips I seduced hi lips And that wasn’t all I’ve told his about me I always marvel at how easily this ot the Alcore updates Good job"

Oh god

I don’t knohat to do I randma’s advice I can’t talk to my brother about this Farrah and Veronica would say I should enjoy yielding to my infatuation of him, the first of my life They wouldn’t understand that a part ofthreatens to reappear

My floor coood day, Mr Carmichael"