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"I wanted to keep you with ht bolt at his words "Can you blae of hiled lock of hair behind rimy texture I ross all over

"I need a shower," Iaround to feel the dried paint crusting my hair while my other hand lifted another slice of bacon toplate "Is it wrong that I want to finish this first? It’s really good"

"No Eat Then you can shower" He waggled his eyebrows "I’ll help"

I s at me "You’ll help me shower? That’s awfully sweet of you So selfless"

"I’uy like that And I’m kind of into you A lot" He ran his thulint faded fro that made my chest squeeze "Get used to it"

My srew strained and unco that things needed to be said "I’m sorry I walked away from you at the rehearsal dinner--"

"No, I’ht to show up like that You didn’t want me there I should have respected that"

I studied"Maybe But you were right though, you know Everything you ever said aboutclose to anyone Of letting anyone in Especially you Oh God You" I lifted aze to his face and said hoarsely, "You terrified ony flickered across his face He rab hold ofhiht white-knuckled fists at his sides

"The reason you terrifiedthe words out, "is because I cared about you I knew that I could love you and that scared me Honestly, it still does" And I kne that it alould

Like Georgia said Loving so that at any moment for any reason it could be lost But I wanted that I wanted love Even if I couldn’t control it I wanted it I wanted hiony faded froone entirely He averted his gaze, staring down at his clenched hands "I push too hard I’ve always been guilty of that I should have learned fron up with me I just took over for both our lives, made all our choices I don’t want to do that with you"

I covered his fists withanything he didn’t want to do And trust me, no oneand hard, his chest lifting and dipping "I’ve pushed you and bossed you around siged a hand through his hair, sending dark strands in every direction again "And then I went after Justin right in the middle of that party because I wanted to tear hier in that moment I didn’t care what you wanted" He shook his head, looking so sorry that I wanted to grab him close and comfort him "I just lost it I didn’t care if my actions ers in that hair I had been dying to touch I slanted ue inside his His hands caroan