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"You’ll survive and you’ll reet One day you’ll be thankful for those et"

West turned to look at hten and ine being able to let anyone else close toabout you has gotten to me since the first moment I saw you I just--" He shook his head as if he didn’t knohat to say "I can’t figure out how to handle it You What I’"

"Do you reo I wanted hi ht, but at least it was a distraction He needed that too

A sed on his lips, and he looked away from me, back down at the town below us "Yeah Not exactly soets"

OkayDid thatme? Or that I didn’t used to talk?

"You’ve neveraze back to h I shouldn’t I think about it"

Thatthat moment Because it was one of my favorite memories, and I wanted him to think about it too

"Do you think about it?" he asked

I nodded but didn’t say anything else

He took a step toward me, and my heart rate picked up "Do you think about it often?"

If he got any closer, I wasn’t sure I would be able to continue breathing The birds incrazy Finally I nodded

"Did you enjoy it?" he asked

Oh God I needed air Lots of air West was so close toed a nod, then blurted out, "Did you?" before I could stop rinned "Best I ever had"

I stared up at hiaze "It was the only one I’ve ever had"

West froze, and his sexy smolder turned to surprise "What?" he asked

I wanted him to knoas my first kiss My only kiss It was special to me I wanted it to be special to him, too "That was the first kiss I ever had The only kiss I’ve ever had"