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She laughed, looking at the ground "Who’s jealous now?"

"I am"

"What?" Her head rose, and she met my stare

"I said I’ainst your back I’h I’m jealous of the way his words filled your ears I’ot to stare into those eyes, and I had to stand back and watch it all unfold"

"What are you doing?" she said, her breaths short, confused My lips were lingering inches away froainst ers We were so close I was al in my lap and I could hear her heartbeats

The roo drunk, people were eating, and people were discussing mediocre shit in a mediocre way But my eyes…they were trained on her lips On the curves of her mouth On the color of her skin On her

"Tris, stop," she whispered against my skin, but she inched her body closer It seeainst what hershe do

"Tell ed her Turn , her eyes on , and I could hear her fears loud and clear, but somewhere within those fears and doubts was a s as I could I wanted to feel the hope she kept locked away deep in her soul "Tristan… Do you…" She chuckled nervously and ran her fingers back and forth against her forehead "Do you ever think of ue stuhts, ju them "Do you ever think of me in a way that is more than a friendship?" When she looked intodeep intointerest and her beauty was softened by an air of mystery

I blinked once "Every second Everyher eyes "Me too Every second Every minute Every hour Every day"

Pull away, Tristan

Pull away, Tristan

Pull away, Tris…

"Lizzie," I said, pulling her closer "I want to kiss you The real you The sad you The broken you"

"That would change things"

She was right It would be crossing that invisible line that was dangling right in front of us I’d kissed her before, but that was different That was before I started falling for her Falling and falling hard I exhaled the breath I’d been holding and felt her do the saainst my skin "And ould happen if I didn’t kiss you?"

"I would hate you a little," she said softly as I rested my lips millimeters away from hers "I would hate you a lot"