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I glanced at my watch, then h hours It was five minutes after three

“Fuck,” I whispered

Caleb pressed into h that anyone would really notice We were sitting on a park bench by a river that had nu up and down it Tourists went about their business while I tried to reie

I’d been seeing her and her boyfriend off at the airport I’d spent a good fivesafe when she’d wrapped her arms around me and said, “I’ll see you soon”

I could feel tears stingingh, homophobes be da it

Caleb pulled entle kiss to my knuckles

When another ten minutes went by, I turned to Caleb “Maybe we’re not in the right spot”

Caleb was about to respond when his eyes shifted away fro behindabout a dozen feet from us I couldn’t tell if it was ahad a hoodie that hid their hair The weather wasn’t quite cold enough for the heavier jacket, but I suspected that wasn’t the reason the person earing it anyway

I stood, pulling Caleb to his feet, and automatically stepped in front of him

The figure rean walking toward a cluster of trees just behind us I followed, pulling Caleb along behind me

The figure stopped by the trees He or she didn’t remove the hood, so I still couldn’t see their face

“What did your sister give you for your twenty-seventh birthday and what color was it?”