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She began to shake her head when Logan ot colder

I looked between the two of the on?" They were involved in a heated stand-off

Sam crossed her arestured to Logan "Ask hi and now he’s ready to rip into the world The guy was an ass, but Mason’s right He wasn’t that bad"

Logan rolled his eyes "Maybe I’ is obviously going on with you, and you won’t say a word about it to er moved in a circle between the three of us, "is a joke I’ here, and--" He stopped and cursed "Whatever I’etic look "Saht with irlfriend’s sister just so I can see her We went five rounds today That’s e’re late Seeing Nate with that douchebag What the hell, man? It’s like he doesn’t even want to be friends with you anymore That pisses me the fuck off I just want to punch sorunted in response I could relate There were times her as up to h it, but I couldn’t do anything about it As for the rest… "Nate wants to branch out andto benew friends up here"

"Still" Logan cursed again, then downed the rest of his beer When it was ee can by the house Nate and Logan’s girlfriend came back onto the patio Both wore uncertain expressions and Logan’s whole deed He’d been tense and wanted to rip into someone, but as she stepped outside, his shoulders went back, his head lifted, and I knew he stuffed all that down As she laughed at soan and he wrapped his ar her in a circle She laughed, hitting at his shoulder, but Logan moved her further away from everyone

That was on purpose When he set her back down, he ht the knowing look on Nate’s face again He headed off the patio and approached us He skioing?"

"It’s for the best"

"Logan’s in a an under the bus Nate kneouldn’t and he didn’t wait for a reply He said to Sa you for a little bit I wanted to show you the alumni room My dad’s picture is in there" He nodded towards me "So is his It’s kinda cool to see all the history"

"Yeah"

I grinned I couldn’t stop it Sam had been silent most of the time, but that one word told us all how uncomfortable she was As my hand touched the small of her back, I felt how tense she was Maybe I needed to push an as well

Distracting me, Nate said, "Park wantedat the end of the month I pro back, including o I didn’t even respond "I’o out for breakfast or lunch toood," Nate said

"Okay"

"Bye, Nate"

"See ya, Saot to the sidewalk and before we got to the car, I asked Saain, then jerked her shoulder up in an abrupt shrug "It’s nothing I "

I pulled her to a stop "I’" There was uish in her voice

She closed her eyes and her forehead went to ain and fell back down as her hands rested on my waist She murmured, "It’s hard You’re not there and…" Her head tipped back Her eyes were swian makes me miss you even more If I shut him out, I shut out that pain So it back and forth in a co in me "It’s a year and then you’ll both be here" But it didn’t matter My reassurance fell on deaf ears I could tell because I felt it too We were fa her into my arms, I rested my chin on the top of her head and held her That’s all I wanted, for only a moment No matter e did, the truth was that I was a three hour drive away Logan ith Helen and Saain My hand swept down her back and she burrowed even closer to me I dropped another kiss to her head

We stayed like that, for a few seconds, before Logan honked the horn at us

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