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"Usually now’s the part where the guy kisses the girl," she teased, squeezingof corny stuff"

I laughed and stepped closer to her, pressing uess I’m not as corny as you always make me out to be," I joked I sht of the hts "I love you, Ellie," I repeated the words for good measure, and then bent my head and captured her lips in a kiss that showed her exactly how true those words were

By the tiet inside then, Stud" She nodded over her shoulder towards the house

I sighed and didn’t let go of her "You sure? You don’t have to do this, Ellie I don’t expect you to do this, I hate that I’ve asked you to You deserve better than this"

She sainstin my chest still from the confession that she’d made

"Jamie, I know you I knoho you are in here," she tapped on my chest, "if you tell me that you only went back into this stuff to help out your ht, well, in two uy, then you’ll be able to go straight I wouldn’t love you any less for this, your past is the past Hopefully after this it’ll stay there and you’ll get a second chance Everyone deserves a second chance," she replied I closed ainst hers "Besides, who else would put up withthat you clai sheepishly

I laughed and kissed her again, clahtly The heavensdown at ," I ad ested "And by the way,to hate you even ht," she said, giggling wickedly

I groaned at that thought knowing how right that was Herto throw a fit touess it needed to be done - people would need to think I stayed there the night for the alibi to hold I pulled Ellie toher into ravelled driveway She smiled up at me and pressed her lips to otten so daainst ainst mine in ways that made the male part of me jump for joy I s in the vanilla scent thatto keep her still so I could go back to sleep but she was squiret away

"Jahed and releasedonto s My eyes cracked open just in ti from the bed and hotfoot it to her bathrooainst her pillows, deciding on more sleep

A minute later her bathroom door opened and she padded across the rooht plopped onto roan because I wasn’t expecting it She giggled, her hands resting on irl thatonloose around her face, tangles and snarls everywhere, her bangs flicking out the way she hated In the sunlight that was streah her , she looked beautiful

"You need to wake up, sleepy head I can’t lie in anyave me my birthday present"

FUUUUUUUUCK! Her present! "Oh shit, Ellie, I left it atover I’ her chest against h that I could taste her minty breath as it blew across my lips She’d obviously taken the opportunity to brush her teeth while she was in the bathroom

"Not that present, silly This one," she whispered Her ainst mine in a soft kiss that tookit into the back of her hair as the kiss deepened She moaned into my mouth so I rolled her underneathirl"

She grinned and nodded, looping her arms around hed at her happy expression and ainst hers "So, I get you for the whole day, and the night, that’s e agreed, right?" I asked, flicking my eyes to the alarm clock It was al

"Right," she agreed

I sighed contentedly, just looking at her face I didn’t need anything else in the world other than that smile to always stay stretched across her full lips "I love you, Ellie" I loved saying those words -

I’d wanted to tell her for a long tiht wasn’t exactly the ‘rightat it on paper, but it had sure as heck felt pretty darn right at the time