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“No, but as soon as Brad Lawson gets ”

Brad Lawson No surprise there At one ti would have driven me crazy, but no I just wanted her to be safe and to not hate me

“I’m sorry, Rachel I don’t want to hurt you, I just…”

“So that’s it?” she asked “We’re really over”

“It wasn’t good for a long time,” I replied softly

“I know,” she replied “I know,” she said again “But it doesn’t make me feel any better to see you here with her”

“It’s not what you think”

“Oh?” she said “What is it exactly?”

I glanced back toward Monroe and found her eyes on , I thought

“Well,” Rachel said “Maybe you should figure it out”

We stared at each other for a long tied me, her mouth near my ear “I miss you Please tell me we can at least be friends” She pulled away and looked up at me “No one knows me like you do, Nathan, and I…I don’t want us to act like strangers, you know? It would just be wrong” She sighed “It would be so wrong After everything After Trevor”

“I know”

And then her friend Gia grabbed her ared her away from me

After a few seconds, I turned and slid through the crowd, not stopping until I was inches from Monroe

“I’ the way her eyes fell away from me