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A faint smile appeared on her lips All of her se the fact that I love you And I know it doesn’t change that you love ht”

“And, yeah, we are different on a superficial level” Bethany leaned over, kissing his lips His fingers curved around hers tightly “But we are the sah at the same stupid jokes Neither of us has a clue ant to do after school Both of us think Hugh Laurie is a genius even though we hate TV And we’ve both seen Dirty Dancing at least thirteen tih you’ll never admit it” She winked

He pulled her hand froainst the center of her palled, because it was true “And we have a love for all things sugary”

“And stupid nickna, she placed her other hand on his chest “And our hearts beat the same Don’t they?”

God, they did Like two halves that were split but so hers He was in awe of her—no, enthralled by her She was his He was hers

Dawson found her lips, feeling his heart pick up and race,beat He shivered as a pleasant rush blooainst histo ged up they could get the s, but he nodded and opened the door The sweet, tangy spring air sed hied his life

Heading around to her side, he draped his ar lot

She grinned up at hi is sort of perfect, you know?”

Damn if it wasn’t He pulled her closer and—

A cold chill snaked down his spine, exploding over his nerve endings The feeling was recognizable Aru around, he wrapped his arainst hiled in his grasp and then stilled “It’s them, isn’t it? Oh my God…”

They were on the cusp of the protective beta quartz, but her trace was definitely visible to any Arum His eyes scanned the dark sky and then dropped over the surrounding woods Everything was cast in shadows

He wanted to send her into the theater, but that would require theoing to get back into the car,” he said quickly “And then—”