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“It’s you” Vulnerability fills her eyes “It’s always been you”
“But—”
“You’re ers brush my neck “You’re my favorite person in the world”
“But Dean—”
“Is an idiot”
“Yeah, but—”
“We’re only friends Ryan, I’d tell you if there was anything between us If there’d ever been anything between us” She stares into my eyes “There hasn’t”
“It’s me?”
“Is that really surprising?”
Yeah It’s incomprehensible “You let me believe it was him”
“I told you it wasn’t a million times”
“You let me believe it was someone else”
“I wasn’t ready to risk losing you”
“You’d never—”
“Yeah, I would If you’d known, you would have locked et over you” Her hand knots in my hair