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“Then give ht”

He opened his e it all up, you knoater under the bridge or whatever I just don’t want you thinking that the whole night was so, that’s all Honestly, you didn’t even see Come on It’s not fair that you remember and I don’t”

“No,” he said, his voice hard, cold, in a way I hadn’t heard it He loomed over me, jaw set “It’s not fair that I remember and you don’t, Evelyn”

I didn’t knohat to say

“I’ out” True to his word, he stor the hallway and back down the stairs I stood staring after hiave him a while to cool off then followed hi, clear blue skies all the way It was beautiful Salty sea air cleared my head a little David’s words raised ht out consuhts I’d reached two conclusions Both worried as was special to hi the experience upset him The second was, I suspected, he hadn’t been all that drunk It sounded like he knew exactly what he was doing In which case, how the hell ? I’d rejected hie out of hand He ood reasons for htless I didn’t know David then But I was beginning to now And the more we talked, the more I liked hi out to sea A cool ocean wind tossed his long hair about The fabric of his T-shirt was drawn tight across his broad back He had his knees drawn up with an arer than he was,beside hiainst the sun, he looked up at ”

He nodded, stared back out at the water “S’okay”

“I didn’t mean to upset you”

“Don’t worry about it”

“Are we still friends?”

He huffed out a laugh “Sure”

I sat down next to his right between us Nothing I could think of saying was going toclock of the annulrew louder by theour time would be cut short That it would soon all be over and I wouldn’t see or talk to hiure out the puzzle that was us My skin grew goose pimples fro an arainst hiot closer, happily “Thanks”

He put down the beer bottle, wrapping both aret you inside”

“In a bit” My thu me here It’s a lovely place”

“Mer beneath one, replaced by kindness He gave o”

The idea actually sent e was startling I stared up at hiht You want toabout the saot an idea”

“Shoot”

“Different things can jog your uess so,” I said

“So if I kiss you, you ether”

I stopped breathing “You want to kiss me?”

“You don’t want me to kiss you?”