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"He left without taking any kind of backup--again," I said, pulling ues Zu had already changed into the oversized shirt and boxers she slept in "Didn’t he?"

She nodded, then held up her notebook with the e Why are you acting like idiots?

"Did Chubs tell you to askthe first question twice What’s going on?

"Just a disagree at me I pulled the worn shirt and sweats on and sat down next to her on ht"

I lay down on rateful for the warmth of her next to me, her presence, which always seemed to sweeten sour situations I’d spent the rest of the sirave I still couldn’t shake the feeling

She picked up her pen and notebook again and wrote, Are you okay?

"I’ve been better," I ad to your bad place, she added I have one, too I get trapped there if I stay too long

I shifted so I could wrap an arm around her shoulders and draw her in closer

You don’t have to go there alone She paused, as if collecting her thoughts Do you re to tell you, but I didn’t kno?

"I do" Thinking about that day was like raking nails down over my heart

It wasn’t really that I didn’t knoanted the words to be better More beautiful, I guess But Lee told me it doesn’t e, scribbling the words down quickly The sound of the pen against the paper was strangely soothing It doesn’t e hoe feel about you I’ the knot in my throat "Thank you I feel the same way about you The luckiest day of my life hen I met you You sa scared I was--"

It wasn’t because you were scared, Zu wrote, then added quickly, maybe a little, but do you kno I knee could trust you?

I shookfor you, started to get really close, you were going to run again, not hide behind Betty It was because you didn’t want theht?