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Arsen brings his face down to meet mine

And I take a step back

He looks at me with concern and tears start to come down my eyes

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There’s only one thing for a lady to do in this situation

I turn around and start to run away

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What the fuck just happened? I say so! I look in astonishment as she runs down the sidewalk, o like that!

I start running down the street,over the paveetting louder with each step I take Then she looks over her shoulder and, realizing I’ after her, cuts into a dark alley

What the hell is she thinking? Running into a dark and deserted place like that this late? Now I really can’t let her go

I reach for her,around her wrist as I pull her in She turns to htly smeared from the tears With one hand around her waist I take the other one to her face and brush her cheeks gently

“What were you thinking, Ashley? You can’t wander away like that, it’s dangerous,” I say, waving at the deserted alley, the pale lights of the street barely reaching us

She says nothing, her wide eyes staring into mine as if she truly doesn't knohat to say My heart is beating like amy bones rattle I can’t lose her! Fuck, I can’t even believe I’ Hawke But it’s true… I can’t stand the thought of losing her I need to say so, to o away… But, just like her, I can’t find the words

She’s breathing hard now, her body so close to h her clothes Fuck,her this close There’s so about her that h we’re outside, I can’t help but let instinct take over I push her back against the wall, my hands on her waist as I lean in to kiss her