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Silas and Charlie’s lives don’t fit together any more effort than either of us is capable of

I don’t want him to hate me I just don’t want hi different It’s not that hard to act different, because I actually a hi it I’ thishio, he punched Brian’s dad when he overheard hiirlfriend I’ht before I wanted him to yell at me I wanted him to see me for what I really am

I wanted hiht before they threw him out of the diner, he took a step toward me He bent until his mouth was at my ear and he whispered, "Why, Charlie? Why do you want ht in aze as he was escorted outside The look in his eye--it was one I’ve never seen before It was full of…indifference As if he finally stopped having hope

And based on the text I just received froan this journal entry…I think he’s finally done fighting for us His text said, I’m on my way to your house You owe me a proper break-up

He’s finally fed up with it all And we are over Really over And I should be glad, because this was

Charlie has been extre ht be of use to us At one point, I saw her swipe her hand under her eye, but if it was a tear, she hid it well It , so I peeked over and tried to read from the journal

It was our the night we broke up What happened between us just amore than to scoot over and read the rest of it with her, but instead, she tells Landon she has to pee

He pulls over at a gas station about an hour from the prison Janette remains in the car and Charlie sticks by my side as we enter the store Or maybe it’s me who sticks by her side I’m not sure The desire to protect her hasn’t left , I’ve beco from the last two--alet that I’m not supposed to know her Or love her But all I can do is think about the kiss fro to remember each other when it was over The way she allowed me to kiss her and hold her until she wasn’t Charlie anyh when she pretended she knew her name Delilah? Even without herhow a few pieces of her personality still shine through today just as they did last night I wonder if I’m at all similar to who I was before all this started?

I wait for her until she eerated cases of drinks and I begin to reach for a water She grabs at a Pepsi and I al her that I know she prefers Coke based on so I read in one of the letters yesterday, but I’m not supposed to reister and set them down

"I wonder if I even like Pepsi?" she whispers

I laugh "That’s why I got water Playing it safe"

She grabs a bag of potato chips from a display and places the of Cheetos Then a bag of Funyuns Then Doritos She just keeps piling chips onto the counter I’ "Just playing it safe," she says

By the tis of chips and eight different types of sodas Janette shoots Charlie a look when she sees all the food "Silas is really hungry," she says to Janette

Landon is seated behind the wheel, his knee bouncing up and down He dru wheel and says, "Silas, you reaze and see two police cars pulled over on the side of the road in front of us We’ll have to pass the Landon nervous Charlie is no longer , so we have no reason to be paranoid of the police

"Why can’t you drive?" I ask him

He turns around to face me "I just turned sixteen," he says "I only have a permit I haven’t applied for my license yet"