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She lifts her chin, not quite to its norh that I can tell she’s still holding back

"Okay," she answers

"Okay?"

"Yes, okay I accept your apology"

But she doesn’t look like it I’d thought if she acceptednow?

"Da this up, aren’t I? Justread this, okay? I wrote it during the game, and it says it better than I can"

I shove the spiral at her, no finesse, no charm, just fear and panic and desperation She opens it to the first page, and her eyebrows furrow

"Oh, not that one That’s the only notes I ever took in e Sorry"

She flips the page, and I can’t help but feel like she’s holding ile as the paper between her fingers, just as easy to tear in two

Chapter 29

Nell’s To-Do List

• YeahI’ve got nothing

His handwriting is messy Slanted and hurried, and it’s nearly as hard to decipher as he is My hands are shaky, andbreaths I take

Ways to Prove that you love Nell De Luca

1 Tell her Every day Three times a day Aselse over her Not football Not your own stubbornness Nothing

3 Be there whether she wants to go skinny-dipping or wants to study Make sure she knows that she’s the adventure, not anything else

4 Always tell her how a her food is (okaythat one is partly for you, too, because ither food)

5 Give her the best sex of her life (also works out pretty well for you)