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"What?"

"That it was so hard for you to look in ht that was a myth I don’t spend a lot of time around autistic people"

"It’s hard to look in anyone’s eyes, but easier if I know the person" I was flooded with relief that he see on what is being said It alsothat person’s privacy"

"By looking in their eyes?"

"Like I’s that I shouldn’t see" He shakes his head "I get tired of having to explain it to people And you aren’t going to get it so--"

"The eyes are the s to the soul," I interrupted quietly

"Eyes are not s"

"It’s a oing on with the To to the other "Yeah, soas you want, you’ll let h your "

I opened e a protest, when I saw the smile on his face He was rather pleased with hiain, you do stare at h"

"I like your breasts" His eyes darted to hten under my t-shirt

I folded hed "I can tell"

"And your butt And your legs And--"

"All right, all right I get the picture Let’s get in your car," I said with an exasperated sigh Typical man

William opened the car door forin behind the wheel As we headed out of the parking lot, I dared a glance at his chiseled profile

I wasn’t above feeling gratified when a hot guy noticed ht I was the most beautiful woman he’d ever seen His compliment--couched lorious and radiant than Aphrodite when Adonis chose to be with her over the goddess Persephone

We grabbed some fast food from a drive-thru and ate it in the car to avoid the dinner crowd Then Willia his chivalrous duties seriously, insisted on walking hts of stairs to my door

I wasn’t entirely sure why I wanted to kiss Willia hot as hell--but if there was ever an opportunity, this was it So I leaned in to kiss hiht He was sohim to lean in, too

No such luck

Heto do, which would explain why he stepped back when he saw htarer than they needed to be There was so electric in that embrace--a heaviness in the air, like before a rainstorht?" he asked

"Uh, yeah," I said, feeling oddess it was dark outside "I, uh, I just wanted to give you a goodnight kiss"

A pause "Oh" He cleared his throat "You should have told me"

Slowly, stiffly, he bent down, and I--now embarrassed beyond belief--turned my head and quickly landed a peck on his cheek Then I reached for the knob to scurry off into my apartment and lick e hand around ht kiss," he said

"Oh? So then--" And that’s all I got out before his ainst mine I barely had a chance to catch my breath before I was on the ride ofinside ofthe track at full speed The shock was such that I allad I didn’t when William reached up and slid his pal into my hair I pressed ainst the coldfor breath, I felt that kiss not just at the juncture of our lips but all over ers rested without ever relinquishing their hold, to the tingling in my toes