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“What do you feel like?” I asked her

“What do you reco I rolled my eyes at her

“I get it, I’hed “Nohat do you want or you can starve?”

“Fine,” She pouted, souring theed woman behind the counter

“Fine choice,” I whispered to her, sending her into another round of giggles People were staring at us, but I didn’t care “I’ll have the La quarter pounder with cheese, in a meal thank you”

The wo no emotions as she slapped our food items onto a tray

“Service with a san to hoith laughter, which of course setour tray across the counter I took the tray and headed toward a booth in the back, with Mia staggering behind me

“Are you right?” I s her head

“I’ deep breaths She reached for her burger, fiddling with the wrapper as she hesitated “Coop, I was thinking…maybe it would be best if I stayed at a hotel Just until I find somewhere more permanent? I don’t knohat this is between us, but I don’t want to rush whatever it is" Her eyes raised,mine I saw fear in them What was she so afraid of?

I wanted to say no, don’t leave I wanted to tell her how s I wanted to do with her I wanted to tell her howout of tune in the shower, and how finding her used razors left around the bathroo in the front door and s a whole lotto explain

“Probably a good idea,” I nodded

Did I just see her eyes drop? Did she wanth it were thein the world

Shit If I’d tried to fuck it up, it would’ve still gone better than that

“I’ll be out of here tomorrow,” Mia said aardly as we both stood in the kitchen Our “date” had gone sour after her revelation—not that it had gone very well before that But I thought we’d been having fun

If I was confused about s, then Mia was a hot ht off