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"What do we do now?" she asks breathlessly

I’ether--but suddenly our lips sla ripped off I peel off rab a condom out ofback onto the bed to help Eet stuck on her sandals and the noise is thesound I’ve ever heard because there’s so et her undressed, I lie down on the bed and she straddlesher toI kiss her with every ounce of emotion I’ve kept trapped insideher hips, I guide her down on asps fro out her chest "This feels so a" Her nails scratch my chest as I rock inside her

With each rock, I sink deeper,with sweat She rolls her hips and lowers her lips tome fervently I don’t want it to end I tell o of her when I only just got her

Eventually, we both come undone For the briefestthat she’s leaving soon and that there’s a good chance I’ll never see her again

E heart, still straddling me as we both work to catch our breath

"I don’t want to leave you," she whispers, tracing circles onher chin on my chest as she peers up at ain"

"We n then smoothe her damp hair out of her face

"Yeah, lazing over as she gets lost in thought

"What are you thinking about?"

A faint s n, dropping a kiss on her lips "And I want to knohat’s on your s off me "You know, I used to think you askedto have you get into my head"

"Emery" I sit up in front of her "I never wanted to use you Most of the ti, was real forthis up" She grabs a pillow and hugs it tightly against her chest "I was just thinking how great it would be if we could run away together, but then I realized how impossible that is"

The moment the words leave her lips, thea life-altering choice