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"A-huh, I did"

"When?"

"Lots of tiether I worried about you, about things that were going on and about the trouble Beni et you into And" he said after a moment, "I just wanted to look at you You've always been the irl to look at," he said

I felt the heat crawl up my neck and into irls in the world, Roy"

"Not forhis head with a determination that made my heart heavy

"Roy"

"Don't you ever get so angry you could just spit, Rain? Don't you ever just want to rip into anything and anyone around you?"

"I guess I do, but what good would come of it, Roy?"

"I don't know Maybe it doesn't ood co yourself feel better You were right before when you said so us think ere brother and sister all this ti tortured or so away

I reached out and touched his face and he looked up again With just a sliht at the one , I could see the tears in his eyes, the pain

"Can I just hold you?" he asked

"Sure you can, Roy I'd like that," I said and he slipped his arm behind my head and around my shoulders as he leaned on the bed and pulledto his steady, heavy breathing My right ar It made mine pound harder too

He brushed my hair back and then he kissed my cheek "Look at us, cast out in this world like two lost fish dumped off a boat into a lake they never swa toacross each other and wondering if the other knows anything new, found a new school or soe the mess"

"From what I can see, Roy, that about describes most people?'

"Yeah," he said, "but it doesn't have to describe us" He kissed ain "Remember that day I looked at you and you didn't stop me?"