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Maybe it was only that she was leaving hiure so out

If only he knew that was the probleun to wonder if she was asleep, but no, her eyes ide open Even the scant light showed they were full of chaotic thoughts She probably didn’t realize how expressive they were; with her, they truly were the s to her soul

"Gabby," he said tersely, already preparing for her refusal to talk "What’s the ’s wrong with you I’ve known it since you got here If we’re gonna get anywhere, you’ve got to let "

"I’ up and facing away fro himself around so he could see her face "What the hell do you mean by that?"

She stared at hi place behind those pretty eyes Her mouth worked soundlessly for a moment, and finally she dropped her head in her hands "Fuck Don’t make me do this"

"Do what? For God’s sake, talk to ht I want to"

"Well, ree"

Ice infiltrated his heart, wrapping skeletal fingers around it That shouldn’t be a big deal, right? At the end of the day, who really cared what her parents thought? She was a groo deal After all, it was enough to keep her in a funk all night "Okay It happens So…" He lifted his broaiting for her to supply the problem

"My parents pay for my apart as I’ to school Hell, they pay for most of my school I have some money, but not that much Without theured as much Damn, and he’d been a du So clear he could’ve stopped her froo on, each word a dagger driving deeper into his heart

"It’s fine with theether," she said "But you won’t bein with me I move you in, I’m on my own Which basically "

Sighing, he rolled to his stohtlessly at the pattern on his drapes What could he say? He thought of the powerful couple he’dthat was probably going through her dad’s ht

"You’re not doing that," he said fir up her dreams was unthinkable

"Iin together or anything"

"Right" But he’d had hope; it stood to reason that they would eventually, if this thing progressed He da But he couldn’t give her a decent place on what he earned He’d had rooled

"It just sucks that it was laid out there to me like that My mom…she’s never been that way to er-in-the-face thing"