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"Fine I’ll go with you and then I’ll shift and run back"

That was over an hour drive "It’s kind of far"

He put his arm over my shoulder and pulledthe bond "I’ve done it before"

That was true "Okay"

"Did you tell your mom what happened?"

Maybe I should’ve called her, but I was too busy watching Dastien sleep off Dr Gonzales’ cocktail "I haven’t really had time"

"Wasn’t I out for hours?"

My cheeks heated He wasn’t going to letand watching you sleep"

He squeezed hter "Noho’s creepy?"

"It’s not creepy" I elbowed hi , but then he said, "That’s definitely true I’m yourto pack what I needed I wasn’t taking everything, only the essentials It was like a long, ood tiet into bed She fidgeted with the bottouys okay?"

"Of course"

Meredith relaxed a little "Good I orried after his reaction and it’s kind of my fault--"

"None of this is your fault At all"

"But you went to the coven to helpto be upset about this I’m surprised they didn’t show up before now So just push that guilt away because it shouldn’t exist"

She hugged ave her a s people said when they didn’t knohat to say This plain sucked, no matter how I cut it