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“Never Ginger, baby, you’re it for e”

“Even when I flake out?”

“Not gonna lie, I hope we’ll get to a point when running isn’t your first reaction Especially since I already thought we had”

She stepped back and started to speak, but stopped She looked up ataway She took a seat at the end of the sofa, and chewed on her thu seemed to bounce a mile a minute I walked over and took a seat on the coffee table

“I’m sorry II just…”

“That state this, figuring it out as we go Emphasis on the we”

She looked at ave a sad smile “I don’t always kno to handle this”

I reached over for her hands “Handle what?”

“This You Us Ius, relationships You’re good to uess you could say that scares me”

“Why?”

She weaved her fingers betweendown at our intertwined hands “Expectations of being hurt,” she quietly answered “I don’t have enough pieces left to put ain”

Letting those words sink in, I , t

heir honesty, affectedI could to take soh I pulledforward, I kissed her right cheek, then her left, and finallythe connection to convey my love, but more importantlyher as she deserved

“That’s not so you have to worry about Til death do we part I want to be the last man for you”