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"I’ve mostly been a dick to you and I’ thrown into this mess has to be hard No one here is the type to bend easily Not even for you Considering the circuh es up and it’s the iven me yet Oz is the epitome of sexy wickedness, but this is the first smile that doesn’twith It’s one that makes me feel included

"Hey, Oz," I say

"Yeah?"

"Do you reht on the porch?"

"Youaway?"

I scowl, he chuckles and I pick up my other foot and shove his shoulder with ht," I answer

"What about it?" he asks

"Do you remelance down because shyness overwhelaze to his and when I do, he perfor and the world fades away except for the two of us "I like you, too"

A strong wind bends the trees My hair blows across et everything together You stay here and then I’ll carry you to the bike"

Without waiting for a response, Oz grabs the medical kit and heads back into the cabin

He likes me Oz likes me

As a friend Just how I like hi else because anything else would be stupid because he’s trouble and I’ soon and he lives hundreds of miles away and I have a plan and a life and he has a plan and a life and we don’t belong in each other’s plan or life and I sort of want to squee because Oz likesfades The tree Olivia said I needed to look for a tree Placingthan ht

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