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Chapter Sixteen

Tristan

We should’ve stopped that night We should’ve realized how bad an idea it was for us to use each other to re time bombs, and ere set to explode

But we didn’t care

Almost every day, she stopped by and kissed me

Almost every day, I kissed her back

She told me his favorite color Green

I told her Jahts I cliht into hers Other nights, she crawled into my bed When I entered her bed, she never turned the sheets down She hardly allowed me on his side of the bed I understood that more than anyone could’ve ever known

She undressed me and hosts

It wasn’t right, yet somehow it made sense

Her soul was scarred, andhurt a little less When ere together, the past wasn’t as painful to take in When ere together, I never for a second felt alone

There were plenty of days when I was okay There were a ton of times when the hurt was just hidden inside of ut But then there were the days of the big memories Jaht I struggled

The past de out Elizabeth showed up to my bedroom I should’ve pushed her away I should’ve allowed the darkness to shole

But I can’t leave her alone

Occasional flashes of tenderness and care traveled through the two of us as her body rested beneath ainsther mouth to find my lips