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Her words had been choked as she fought back tears, and my chest ached when I realized that the rest of his life ended up only being another year or so

"I had already seen how Jagger looked at you, and when Ben said that, I knew he saw it too I don’t know if they ever talked about it, but he knew"

Longas Janie pulled me into her arms and held me while we cried When we pulled away froed

"The way he looks at you, it’s so obvious I’ve always thought you nored it because the two of you were such good friends, you had Ben, and because Jagger never did anything about it This past year, though, when you started pulling away froht for sure you knew at that point I’ve just been waiting for the day you call ether"

"How can" I shook htness in my throat "I just don’t understand how everyone seems to be so okay with this It’s like nobody cares that Ben is gone Everyone is just expecting er now that Ben died"

"Grey, no! That’s not it We just want you to be happy, and JaggerBen was a huge part of your life; we all know that But that doesn’t mean you can’t love someone else"

"That sounds a lot like what ," I mumbled, and she bit down on her bottom lip

"Well, Graham and I talked about it a lot over the last year"

My eyebrows rose, but I don’t knohy I was even surprised anymore "But you’re all okay with it so soon"

"I think it would be different for everyone Every situation is different Some people, months are what they need, others, they need years For you? It would be one thing if it had only beento ht have even been weird around the year mark But it’s been over two years now, and that’s different And this is Jagger, he knows you, and knew Ben, better than anyone He kno you feel, he knows that you’re hurting, and he’s hurting too"

My fingers easily found the ring hanging fro chain, and I played with it absentmindedly I couldn’t believe everyone had knohen I’d never had a clue that Jagger felt more for me than a friendly bond I still didn’t kno I felt about everyone telling ht I was ready to er’s confession But as I gripped that ring, a faerhell, thinking about anyone in that way felt like I was cheating on Ben

If he hadn’t died, ould be ht of someone else, just like I kneouldn’t The words "till death do us part" had been floating around ain, I was quick to push theht now

"You all think if I were to uy I’d er?"

Janie looked at ivenon her lips "Now that I don’t believe"

Jagger