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Maeve nodded "Yes"

"I wasbad Stupid I wanted " She couldn't find the word she wanted and she was too tired to try

"Of course you wanted to impress him It's only natural"

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Selena looked at her friend in wonder "Maeve, how is it you always understand me?"

Maeve gave her a small smile "You're easy, child It's the rest of the world that confuses me"

Selena was silent for a long time, then finally she turned to Maeve "How do I make Ian love me?"

Maeve squeezed her eyes shut for a long littered with tears "I don't know" Her voice cracked, thickened "But I kno much it hurts to try"

Selena sagged forward "I a with him"

"He will keep you at arth now," Maeve said quietly

"Why?"

It was a long moment before Maeve answered "Because you are broken"

Selena didn't need the words; it hat she'd already felt in her heart, and yet still they hurt "Then there is no hope I shall always be broken"

"I have never found hope with Ian He despises me because I am crazy"

Selena heard the pain in her friend's voice and understood it, felt it She slipped her arm around Maeve's slim shoulders and drew her close "I feel love for you"