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Paxton couldn’t afford to have anything else on his h I slammed the book and threw it on the blanket All over a stupid documentary that he said was the least they could do for someone else What would even possess hi that had done that to so the dynamic between the three of them, Landon, Paxton, and Penna There was an e froinal wasn’t taking time off Nick had to have been the one hurt He was the one paralyzed

That’s why Paxton was so hell-bent on getting the trick down Was he doing it to show up the friend who’d stolen the only girl he’d ever cared about? I doubted it Paxton wasn’t that petty

But the evidence suggested otherwise

Add to all of that the nagging feeling in my stomach that not everyone here had Paxton’s safety as a priority, and I was a bundle of nausea

When he blew me a kiss, I wrapped my arms around my knees and forced a s for disaster to strike, but if I left it would distract hi on said disaster I was damned if I did and damned if I didn’t

So I stayed

My breath froze inat the raher, and my teeth sank into my lower lip, as he flipped once…twice…three times…

And landed on both wheels in the foa with arms raised Paxton didn’t wait for the crane, just cli off his helh me like a joyful shock to the heart He’d done it!

I was in his arms before I even realized that I’d stood His led in my hair My arms were around his neck, and I held on for dear life, well aware of how dangerous everything was around hi I had to savor each kiss, never waste any of the me around in his ar his comment with another kiss

"What do you mean?" I asked

"He has to actually land it on the dirt and ride off, now," Landon answered, sht

They were both insane

…

Fuck This

How long was he going to keep this up?

Day two of watch-Paxton-try-to-kill-himself, and our last day on Mykonos, had me camped out on a separate area of the track They’d her on the mound Paxton was supposed to land on

Except he’d skidded out more than he’d landed it