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She nipped my lip, and the sharp bite sentofLeaving her lips for more than a second was too

We broke apart, panting, staring into each other’s eyes I wanted more with no winter coats, drunk passersby, or anyone or anything else in our way The universe was conspiring to keep this fro me insane

Resting ainst her lips

“I missed you when you were away” She stared intothe moon and the stars

Her hands slipped under ers trailed up and down ainst the lump in my throat, I closed my eyes

“Liv—” The twin chorus of our phones went off again We groaned She held on to ht she’d let it keep ringing and try to preserve this mo her phone out

“Marisa’s a little on edge Dinner with her dad didn’t go well I’d better get back up there” She peered up at the building beside us

I cursed underthem down the toilet the next timeeach other seemed like a better idea by the minute

She laughed and gave ain” A sad set the ti and stepped inside

The ringing in rabbedto the surface “What?”

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Laughs and screams came from the street below People walked and ran on the sidewalks, enjoying a warm snap that would quickly be sed up by the cold weather the city hadn’t see to the pave on for dirty, nearly melted life

Ford ay again, traveling the country and now on a plane back hohtly calls to kick ht, though, I had another call to drag lehold around my neck—a call with Grant I fumbled my phone when the screen lit up My knee bounced up and down as I tapped the green button onthis conversation, and I couldn’t dodge it any longer

“Hey, Grant”