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"Coet back out there"

He calledon torooht Jason was glaring at Eli, and Kristen was giving one down in my bedroom After a small shake of my head, her expression fell And the second Sean walked toward me, Eli put his arm around o for the rest of the party

Not that I minded

Hours after the party was over, and ain, I changed into my pajamas and washed off the makeup Kristen had also so all , and a stupid, cheesy smile pulled at ot wasted soain, just say no The right kind of flower can get you out of any situation your duot you in If it’s buet that checked, and I’ll be there soon to say, ‘I told you so’ "

His deep laugh filled the phone, and my body responded froet?"

"Reh school, and then after alo chill on the beach, or go back to one of our places and watch et, it wasup with Eli; because it ht he ith o to a dance with anyone other thanidea Always being there ifwell, just always being there"

"What’s bringing up this trip down memory lane? It’s been, what, three years since we did that?"

"Yeptoo long"

My doorbell rang, and I stood quickly, ether as I took quiet steps out of onna let me in?"

My heart took off, as didthe deadbolt, I flung open the door to find Eli standing there--phone between his ear and shoulder, two shakes in hand, and wearing an old shirt and man," he said softly as he handedat the cup like he’d just givenso precious

"So I only see beside rin

"I have the pillows propped up just the way you hate the into the phone

His blue eyes darkened, and voice dropped low "That sounds perfect"

"Did you want to co in me heated But I knehat thisI knew Eli far too well forup for last weekend, to atht

And he was letting me knoas still number one for him

If only he kneanted to be number one for an entirely different reason If only he knew that having hiht had ht now--like this-- back, I waited until he was inside before ending the call, and closed and locked the door behind him I followed hi ontoas he moved around my bedroom, I tried not to let him see how much I loved this The si off the light, turning on the TV to find ahis shirt off before he slid into bed next tohis arot settled up against the pillows

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