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June 4, 2016

THE GLOW FROM the strings of lights beca on the floor in front of hts were no longer on Knox and Harloedding reception, or Keith fast asleep in ers trailed over his little back

Until er’s notes, ain as I worried over the next response

It will co to come back for you, and your words won’t be here

That had been the note waiting forBelow, a phone number, and one final word

Please

I hadn’t responded, and I hadn’t leftover whether or not I shouldhiiddy s in my stomach

Because that’s all this was: stupid

Because, as he’d pointed out, I didn’t know him and he didn’t knowtoo young This was stupid

But despite every warning I told e to the nu hours before One word Nothing profound; and nothing that would eer

I blinked quickly, bringing the reception back to focus, when the chair next to me was pulled out and someone filled it

I looked over my shoulder, and my hand paused on Keith’s back for a second when I took in Graha fun?"

After a short hesitation, I nodded "Are you?"

He stretched back in the chair, and took out the scene before us "Yeah, still seeh"

"Did you think it was going to be the three of you forever?" I asked softly, the teasing evident in h was forced fros "Kind of"

"Deacon, Graham, and Knoxthe Three Musketeers," I mumbled, my eyes fell to h was fuller "Ah, otten about that I can’t believe you reet Knox tried to rescuemy costuht scarred me and is the reason I never went to another party Until now"

Graha to tell me a secret, but stopped a few inches away and nodded toward Keith "I noticed your dancing partner passed out Will you dance with me if I promise not to rip your dress in front of everyone?"

The confusion and suspicions I’d been plagued with the past days rose up again at Graha pause as I studied hi had stopped, it all started up again, this time faster than it had been before