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Paisley just rolled her eyes "I irlfriend, but she’s always kno I felt about you, and I know for a fact that she would kill us if we didn’t have a huge wedding"

I was no longer surprised by anyone else knowing; I knew I’d been the only one blind to Paisley’s feelings "Did you ever tell her that wasn’t what you wanted?"

"No"

"Then who cares what she wants"

Paisley choked out a laugh "Eli! She’s your mom You’re supposed to care, just like I do"

I crawled back onto the bed with her and held her stare "Tell me exactly what you hen I finally force you intome"

Her eyebrows rose "Force ," she teased, but then the hu softer "I just want you I don’t want anything big, I just want simple I want to wear a white dress, and I don’t want to have to be around a bunch of people after I just want it to be you and --"

"Fuck that," I balked "I’e, and I don’t want one! You toldyou"

"If you don’t let , how are people supposed to know you’re ain, her voice was nearly inaudible "I’ve always been yours, Eli My love for you has never been a show for everyone else It’s always been just for you; that’s not changing now"

Well fuck She just had to go and put it like that "No ring," I conceded with a sigh

"If you want, I’ll get a tattoo"

"You hate needles"

She shrugged and set a portrait of Lurch on "

I dropped my head onto her chest, andto hold back Once I was sure I could keep a straight face, I looked back up to her "If you get Lurch, I’ a troll with purple hair"

Her eyes widened and her head shook slowly back and forth "No," she mouthed "But, that’s what I want I just want simple; I just want us"