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Hathe song?

Stranger: It was a song?

The beginning of one, yes

Stranger:were those all songs?

My cheeks burned with heat as I quickly tapped on the screen

Songs and poeer: So did you finish it?

I blinked slowly as I realized I couldn’t even think of anything to say about hts with Ben other than what I’d already said I’d been thinking about those nights for years before I finally allowed er cauy asn’t even alive to love otten about it with our notes and everything

Stranger: Are you sayingto?

Yes That’s exactly what I was saying I chewed on ht, then finally responded

Ha ha I’ about what I was for him, and what he never was forposition on the couch, and glanced back up at theThe sky now a er: He didn’t deserve a song anyway

Hold on I’ll be back with soet ready for work

I ran through the warehouse and tiptoed intoback out to the couch I flipped to the first clean page since our notes had taken up so , and then added a little bit below Once it was done, I took a picture and sent it to Stranger

Who listens to your sad songs

The shoulder that you cry on

Out on that ledge you walk on

When you’re sinking

Who keeps your secrets locked up

When there’s no one you can trust

I know it’s

Just say the words and you know I’ll be there

You can’t believe it’s daylight

We stayed up again all night

Just ta Talking just cause you like the way I make the words sound

I waited for what seemed like hours but was really only a minute before those little dots popped up My heart raced and I bit at er: That’s not about hiuess that depends

Stranger: On?

Our conversations, and if they continue