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“It’s such a cute thing about you”

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“Fine Okay, Earliglows They grow so quickly One day you’re walking along at sunset next to nothing but greenthe next hter By dinnertihts”

When Josh sighs, his eyes close for a second He’s exhausted “Which are your favorites?”

“Red Gauntlets They were in the rows closest to the kitchen and I was too lazy to go ”

He sits in silence, and his eyes are definitely not the man I know They’re wistful, lonely, and so beautiful I have to close mine

“I swear, I can still feel the seeds between my teeth Chandlers are e tuition with them”

“What’s your dad like? He’s Nigel, right?”

“You and that blog He worked so hard to send in to tell you He cried on the back porch the day I left for college He said”

I trail off The squeeze in o on

“What did he say?”

I sidestep “I haven’t thought about this for so long I haven’t been hohteen months now I missed Christmas, because Helene went back to France to see her family, and I wanted to cover for her”

“I didn’t go home either”

“Oh, yeah My parents e, and I ate shortbread and opened presents on the floor ofinfomercials What did you do?”