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"I had a feeling you would show up here," she said on a teasing sigh, her voice reachingdown at the end of the dock

I leaned over her and s have you been here?"

"About thirty minutes or so How’d you know?"

I looked away and stood up, keeping aze on the dark water "You didn’t answer your phone"

"Ah" She laughed softly, letting the sound hang in the air for amy phone"

My lips pulled up in a smile as I ht I had ESP or so, it alould’ve been so much easier to know you needed me if you would’ve just called"

"But I didn’t because you did have the ‘or soure out after all those years how you just knew to show up? I knew Ben would call you"

I took a deep breath in and out, and finally said, "Let’s go back to thinking I had ESP"

Grey laughed and elbowed me, and as we had done so many ti up at the sky This dock had thousands of memories, and it never failed, every time I came here I was hit with them all Every one of them included Grey, and most of them included Ben We’d spent all our summers out here, and had bonfires near the dock when it became too cold in the winter

I’d taught Grey how to throw a punch on this dock, and had ended up with a black eye that she’d apologized for at least a thousand ti her for the first time, and realized that he had snatched her up from underoff the dock during a party, which led to a night of skinny-dipping that ended up withbusted Ben would call ht, and I’d always find her here We would spend hours here with her crying and ranting about whatever they’d fought about until I had her laughing and driving back to make up with Ben The entire suht and would stay with her until she fell asleep fro her back to her parents’

Good or bad, I would always think of this as our dock

"Why are we here tonight?" I finally asked, and listened to her soft exhale

"I just wanted it I wanted the memories"