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Phillip had shared a video of pranks being pulled with the caption “LMFAO” Those were his last words on the internet LMFAO

The worst part of seeing their accounts was scrolling through all the es after the accident All the words ofand sorrow, the RIPs and the shock left in the wake of their deaths

It broke ain

I’d spentchocolate, wrapped into feel like crap, but I’d felt a little better

A little lighter

But I still hadn’t gone to their graves yet

When I left the room with the laiven me was as real as any of the ones from the past, but it had been a little different

There was confidence in this smile

Not hope or approval but confidence In me

Confidence that I would find closure and some semblance of peace Maybe I had already found soht noas ined

Sebastian was sitting in the old Adirondack chair, his feet propped up on the railing I was sitting sideways in his lap, s wrapped over the arm of the chair A soft chenille blanket was dropped over us

We were reading

Together

And there was soht’ve fallen in love all over again

Closing the paranor, I lowered it to my lap and looked at Sebastian He had his concentration face on Brows furrowed together Lips pressed in a thin line It was cute Beyond cute He was reading a graphic novel, and he held it open with one hand His other arersin a slow circle, as if he was letting h he was focused on the novel, he was fully aware of me in his lap

I wanted h

Pressing rinned when I heard hihtened around ?” he asked

“Nothing” I kissed the hard line of his jaw

He turned his head toward , then”

I kissed him on the lips this time and he returned the kiss in a way that made me wish Mom wasn’t home

Sliding h to rest my forehead on his “What time is your dinner tomorrow?”

“Six Are you sure you don’t want to corandparents’ house for their Thanksgiving dinner “You’re more than welcome to They’d love to see you”

“I know” I draggedto be here tomorrow Mom would flip if I tried to be anywhere else”

He kissed the corner of my mouth “True” Another pause so he could kiss the other side of my mouth “I’ at us, drawing hearts in the air with her fingers”

I laughed “It’s only because Mo pies”

“I think we need to visit that kitchen,” he said after a slight pause

“I think you’ll change yourmy arm around his neck, I rested my cheek on his shoulder as he chuckled “I’ her bake Kind of feels like a punishment”

Another chuckle rurandma’s pie”

“Pumpkin?”

“Pumpkin and pecan”

“M eneric stuff and it totally does not—”

The balcony door opened, and I liftedto see my sister or my mom But it was Dad