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“Oh“Then why are you here?”

“Because”—he finally opened his eyes and aze—“you’re here Where else would I be?”

My jaw dropped “What?”

“Just enjoy the moment, Grace Don’t fill it with your incessant need to make sure there isn’t any silence between us So nothing at all helps you find yourself, center yourself, and finally discover who you really are”

Who I really was

Who was I, really?

Well, that was a loaded question because who I ith Lucas was completely different froht He made me want to make him smile He just… impacted me in a way that made zero sense, especially since I was pretty sure the only reason he’d kissed uy

“Should we talk about—”

“Nope,” he interrupted as if he knew exactly what I was going to say “I know you talk when you get nervous, but for once in your life, enjoy the silence, Grace Every so often, you discover more with silence than you do ords”

“And what about things other than words? What do you discover then?” I pried

He h, his face close “You discover that sometimes you just need, you just want… and that’s okay”

“Okay” He’d never been this open with me before, this raw, honest, or helpful, and it so better by just speaking, by allowing hlike crazy as I ain

His s “Okay” He reached for my hand and held it the entire way down to the botto harder and harder as if he was afraid of how fast ere going or how high up we actually were I liked it A lot

And found it was a huge loss, the o when the ride ended, alotten, only to remember just how important it was for us to not touch

Rae aiting with Sookie and Jay e got off the ride, looking extre fro, which would be impossible

“Have fun?” Jay looked between us, grin ever-present

“Well…” I laughed it off “He didn’t puke, so I think that’s a win”

Rae snorted “And also a first”

“You puke every tione on the ride because ofa fun moment with me the entire time

“No!” Lucas said while the rest of the guys said “yes”—loudly