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At night I’d sit outside the piano rooht I’d pray he would share it with me

Only to have him walk past me as if I was invisible

I told myself it was time to have fun and to not focus on him or what had happened between us or even try to fix it

Once we got to the restaurant, I was already deep in conversation with Jay while Sookie and Kai ordered drinks for us Rae ca an arm over the back of my chair

I scooted away a bit

I didn’t want Lucas to get the wrong idea, that I’d just switched band members when my heart still ached for him in a way that made zero sense

“What are you drinking?” Rae asked, leaning into me

I gave a panicked look to Sookie, who immediately pulled in a chair and pointed at the menu

“Ohhh…” I leaned toward hiood red wine”

He winked and nodded

Rae tilted his head “You guys have gotten close, haven’t you?”

“She’s our sister from another ht translation?”

We all burst into laughter, including Solia, as drinking a glass of sojuthe moon And maybe to her, he had

He looked back at her and whispered so to walk her to the bathroom”

I rolledit these days?

Next to me, Sookie did the same

Jay stared down at his phone

I shot him a sad look, then mouthed, “Text him”

“I can’t,” he roup members

It wasn’t fair

It wasn’t fair that he could be attracted to someone and not call him because of what people would say

It wasn’t fucking fair

My eyes filled with tears

Jay noticed right away “Grace, I think I left so in the van”

“I’ll help” I jumped to my feet and followed him

The ainst him as he held me close “It’s fine, Grace”

“No!” I sniffled “It’s not fine You should be ho you like!”

His sainst oing to be okay e both kneouldn’t

“I can wait”

“You shouldn’t have to,” I said, tears strea down my face

He wiped them with his thumbs “You know, in another life, I would have dated someone like you, maybe even married you”

I laughed “I’m too much for you to handle”

He held ht “Yeah, that’s true”

“I want you to be happy”

“I know” He pulled back “And it means a lot that you don’t care, that you don’t see skin color, sex, anything… You just see…” He nodded “You see someone’s soul”