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Closer, my mind cries out Close the distance between us

"You caain, like he can’t believe it himself There’s wonder in his eyes, fierce and breathless "All this tih it And now, here you are"

I inhale in a sharp rush, hating hfor s, I figured for sure beyond any doubt that I was the last person on earth he’d ever want to see again He told me that he never wanted to hear fro That he would rather cut me from his life completely than pretend we could ever be just friends

It’s hurtthat he was out there so me

But now…?

My heart catches in hts "You shouldn’t have looked forback"

Eain "I re"

That last day suddenly springs intoon the desolate clifftop Eht I didn’t have the strength to keep it together And then, just when I thought I couldn’t hurt ht my heart was broken all the way--E left to destroy

I meet Emerson’s eyes, and I can tell fro it too

"And I’ atthe house, I’one"

Forever

The word hangs in the air between us

Es, suddenly casual "I should have figured Ileft here for you anyhleft here for you any different, but still,about the weather instead of us