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I want hi because I’ve decided that even if I don’t know hih to be in love with hiany ti vowels and seductive consonants His voice dances Nothing could ever sound rough or sharp in that voice

But as soon as I have the thought, I know it’s wrong I reht:

Put your hands on the wall

I can’t wait et there, Cerise

Show ue

I don’t have an answer for his offer, so I don’t give one I only crawl up to the pillow and lie onshoulder to shoulder until I curl into hi gers a muscle memory: how far I have to reach to wrap ainst my palms I press my nose into the rope of muscle between his neck and shoulder, breathe in the clean smell of hih

Ansel rolls to face ers, eyes open His hands slide down h and lower, to the back ofs, I can feel howBut instead of taking it anywhere, we fall asleep

When I wake up, there’s a piece of paper on the empty pillow He’s left his number and his proone

I WONDER HOW as to California have been like this: hot hipping through a beater car, hungover wole flat chord played the entire drive

"I need soroans, and Lola pulls off the freeway and into a Denny’s parking lot

Over grilled cheese and fries, Harlow says, "I don’t get why you didn’t just start the annulment process while ere there" She pokes a fry into ketchup and then drops it on her plate, looking queasy "Now you’re going to have to go back there, or go through this complicated process out of state Tellto slap you"