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“I guess,” he said grumpily

“H

ey, what’s wrong?” I asked, using ly

“Come on, look at this place, Katelyn You know there’s no way she’s going to round,the dust swirl up and cover the toes of his worn-out sneakers

“Hey, you never know What do ays say?”

“That we’re glass-half-full kind of people It’s not like I really knohat that

“Yes you do It ht? Someday soon this crazy life will be behind us and ill hardly even remember any of this bad-crazy- hi

“Okay,” he agreed, sliding one of his narrow arms around my waist as we headed up the metal stairs to our new home

I pulled the door open and gasped when it opened easilystep backwards I barely keptdirectly behindas knocked backwards, landing on his butt at the bottom of the stairs

I couldn’t stop the giggle that bubbled up my throat at his shocked expression It had happened so fast, onebehind me, and the next he was on his backside

“Are you okay?” I asked, trying to control les as he dusted off his backside

“Yeah, but sheesh, keep your butt to yourself next ti up the three steps in front of me

I followed behind hi in our surroundings I was pleasantly surprised that for so so suess anything would seem spacious after teeks in a cra out in a car