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"No, we just had an argu here is the uments, Emery"

"That’s not what you used to say," I reht That, if they did, they shouldn’t be together"

"Did I say that?" He pretends to ponder the idea "That doesn’t sound like me"

"It sounds exactly like you" I halt in the hallway and pull my hand from his "And you still haven’t explained why you’re here in Laramie Are you a traitor now, too?"

"No, my father just decided I should attend a university instead of a coet a better education"

"Since when? I thought you were taking over the faet a taste of the real world, too"

"So you’re" I struggle to re stolen fro here?"

"Yep With you" He drapes his aruides me closer to hi This can’t be happening "Wait, did my mother send you to check up on ht have mentioned it when I ran into her the other day" He reaches over andyou already I wanted to surprise you and give you the good news And I thought we could go to a party tonight The son of one ofone"

My mind races a million miles a minute as we exit the doors and step into the caht drizzle falls froround

"Emery, are you okay?" He stares atto be sick"

I wrapto be sick"

"Well, you need to get your act together We have a party to go to tonight," he says with a glance inaround us than anything And, as usual, a few cast glances in our direction, at the beautiful couple that’s so perfect for each other So perfect, so in the past, so unwanted by e on the phone the last time I talked to you"

"So, did you Ia traitor forhere?"

"I told you it’s because my father wants me here," he says, his tone harsh "Besides, I need to keep an eye on you Your mother says you haven’t sounded like yourself lately"

I chew on rabs ain "That’s such a disgusting habit I wish you’d stop"

I want to screa the et away fro overout under the trees, conterass toward the parking lot Part of me wishes he’d stay silent forever, but as always, Evan has so to say