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Garret finallyout of a trance
“Didn’t Lexi drive you here?” he asked, and his voice, normally so calm and self-assured, shook a bit at the end
Crap, she had Dah I still couldn’t look at hi Or I’ll call Lexi to pick me up If all else fails, I can stick out a thuht now
“E, stopped , head up the beach without looking back, I couldn’t bring myself to walk away from him
I heard hih the water after ht up, even though my stupid traitor heart leaped in my chest “You can’t hitchhike all the way back,” Garrethimself to look at me, either “I’ll drive you home”
Garret
The drive back ard was probably the word for it E out theand studiously not looking at ht ahead, though I could still see the girl from the corner of my eye Neither of us spoke or looked directly at each other, which was good becauselike a tornado
The siuard around her She was fun and disaret or not, I…liked spending ti
No, aswas the fact that when the kiss ended and Eain
And noith her sitting just a couple feet away, she called to me
I was acutely aware of everything she did, every littleat her, I could feel her presence, prodding againstme crazy
When we pulled up to her street, E for the door handle al As her door opened, I wondered if I shouldn’t try to stop her, or at least talk to her But the door slaone
Numb, I watched her cross the street and stride up to the beach villa without a single glance inunder one aro after her, but so held me back
As she neared the front door, I felt eyes on ure watchedoff his red hair, before he turned away and vanished froht
Tristan wasn’t ho, as I wasn’t in theheavy bag in the corner of the living rooh to rattle the chains I didn’t want to think I needed to find h e of a red-haired girl from my system, erase the feel of her lips on mine
I wasn’t even aware of howshort of the living rooarded , I letsweat running down my face and into my eyes With a start, I realized over an hour had passed from the time I’d walked into the apartment, and I hadn’t stopped or slowed down since I’d thrown that first punch
“Soooo…” Tristan began, raising an eyebrow at my sweaty, exerted state “Hoas your day?”