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Why the fuck does Pilar need the damn laptop so desperately anyway? What could be on it? What did Lily discover about the wo on Pilar She , too Mean as hell

Dangerous

"Tell ain tomorrow," she says sleepily

My heart seizes in ht and say stupid stuff"

"We won’t" That isn’t a lie We can’t fight if we’re not together

"Good" She sighs and kissesme shiver "I like you, Max I like you a lot"

I’ like that and worm her way into my hard-as-steel heart? Fuck this, I didn’t mean to … fall for her Not that I’ve fallen for her for real, more like I’m physically attracted to Lily and I find her hard to resist

Admit it, you’ve fallen for her, you heartless bastard

Fine I have But I’ to a rhythm that suspiciously sounds like her na crazy I’aze fixed on theacross frooes fuzzy and I close rows heavier and heavier and her breathing evens out, indicating she’s fallen asleep

A few minutes, I tell myself I’ll stay with her a few minutes and wait until she’s in a deep sleep and then I’m out of here hat I came for

Problem is, I fall asleep, too For a couple of hours--and I dream Horrible, shitty dreaalow, the laptop clutched tight in my hands, and Lily catches me Tears stream down her face as she yells how much she trusted me and I hurt her so bad That she hates ain

I beg for her forgiveness I try and hand her back the laptop but she won’t take it She keeps refusing it and I beco it into her sto at , shrill, and she snatches the laptop frorip I clamp my hands over my ears and try to turn away so I don’t have to look at her but it’s as though I can’t She laughs and laughs, herwider and wider, like a black hole, and then she’s cooing to hitback the groan that wants to escape at the pain inin such a weird position Lily is still snug againstperfectly between lefrom beneath her inch by careful inch She never wakes, I’ the sheet and co her to her neck