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He spread one of his hands on top ofweak, I’ of you, I don’t expect anything right now, but… if you think it’s never going to happen, if there’s no hope, I can’t do it after all I want it all too much”

I blinked tears out of the way I wanted it too, to get back to that place where it was the two of us, the rest of the world shut out But I had a lot of shit to work through first

Well… didn’t wanting it h?

“I don’t kno long it’s going to take ht now But I know I feel stronger when I feel like you’re near me”

The door banged open I turned otten a lot better thanthat door unlocked without a whole bunch of struggling with the card

She was staring at the two of us “Oh…” Her s “Just… let me know if you conta to take the couch then… unless you decided to use the couch… one or the other, okay?”

Steven rolled his eyes “Hey, Para, I don’t suppose you brought your Switch along? There’s a gaht be better at than Halo”

“A hted by” Jess pulled the handheld gaht before out of her backpack and handed it over to hiet it hooked up to the free hotel wifi, Jess pulled out her books and sat down to work Clearly our presence had a chilling effect on her… although fortunately, she hadn’t worked out that the two of us should still have been in school for another ten minutes at least

I quickly realised I liked this setup: Jess peeking at us with an occasional little s, Steven holding her ga machine towards me, “Look, it’s literally iical moment Steven and I had experienced before, but it felt a little like the proet back there, some day

“Your life is an actual soap opera,” Aileen told me, as if I hadn’t noticed I hadn’t even told herto Steven

Callie looked like she was actually in pain “Okay, he did a good thing with your sister, but I’et all the other stuff”

“Look at you,” said Aileen, “the arbiter of what goes in the popular group”

Callie punched her in the ar to react”