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Ee isn’t a big deal "Neither did I until I was eight, got separated froot turned around, fell into a hole covered with sticks and leaves, and spent the night with the next headlining story on the six o’clock news"
I can’t breathe "You’re shitting me"
"Wish I was By the way, I will totally accept your apology forout at Olivia’s henever you’re ready to give it Your turn"
I prop the guitar against the wall "Fuck, no You don’t drop that type of news then switch subjects"
"Well" Eers into it "There’s notabout hanging with a dead guy as "
Touché
"As I said, your turn"
Guess it is, but it feels wrong to switch the conversation to e "Does Eli know?"
"No Only a few people do The media and the police never released how the body was found, just that it was You don’t have to look at o spastic like I did at the funeral home That was a special circumstance I hate the dark and the woods so the worst that will happen is that I’ll stay up until the sun rises"
My world narrows in on Eh since you’ve been here?"
She rubs eyes that are plagued by dark circles and exhaustion "Probably asoutside my "
Fuck this I stretch past her and pull down the blanket "Lie down and get soht" She draws her knees in closer to keep fro me, but it’s a twin bed and I fill the entireOlivia die and the woods are practically covering us and it’s after four so the sun will rise soon I’ll be okay If you’re tired, it won’t bother o to sleep"
"I’ll stay with you while you sleep" I prop myself onto my elbow on my side to watch her reaction "Will that help?"
She fixates on her thumbnail "It doesn’t work that way It’s as if there’s aas I keep my eyes open, then it won’t escape and attack me"
"I’ll take on your monsters," I tease, but I’m dead serious
Paint that was on her nails before is stripped away as she mulls over my offer "When I was trapped, I screamed for hours and nobody came Eventually, I curled myself into a ball next to the feet and stared at the body If I watched it then it couldn’t hurt me so I stayed up and stared Even when it was pitch black"