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I’d been friend-zoned Askquestion! Please

"And since when are you the responsible friend?" I asked, playing nonchalant about the fact thatcartwheels and somersaults while unicorns and kittens danced around inside of lanced down at the invisible watch on his right wrist "Five seconds ago It sounded like fun to come and watch you and Saainst his kneecaps, avoiding eye contact with osh…

He was jealous

I wouldn’t h "Dance with me?" I asked

When his hand reached out for mine, my heart skipped a beat I placed my hand in his and he led us to the dance floor He spunme closer to his body My breaths were short and fast as I stared into his eyes What are you thinking, stor his hold on me falter I could feel the eyes of every person in the place staring at us I could al to the ground I felt his finger lift my chin and he forcedat hih I wasn’t certain what itat each other the ere

"You lied to me," I said

"Never"

"You did"

"I’m not a liar"

"But you lied"

"About what?"

"The white feathers I saw the receipt for them You said you found theht have lied to you about that"

I leaned in closer to his lips, seconds away fro him, seconds away from our first kiss where he was hiainst his chest and I could feel his heartbeats against my touch I could al stopped, but we stayed close, our breathing patternseach other’s Our breaths heavy and nervous Excited and scared His thuside my neck, and he stepped in closer I liked how close he was I feared how close he was He tilted his head slightly as he gaveatto never look away

They all warnedme to stay away ‘He’s an asshole, he’s wild, and he’s broken, Liz,’ they would say ‘He’s nothing but the ugly scars of his yesterdays,’ they swore

But what they didn’t see, what they chose to ignore was the fact that I was also a little wild, a bit crazy, and cooods at best

But when I ith him, at least I remembered to breathe