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"How did you do it? You were a kid yourself," I asked, staring at hiive you nightmares if you read it I adh all of this and still be the kind of person he was today was beyond ainst the wall, you can do things that you didn’t knoere possible We were in survival , but the sadness in his eyes toldI wanted to wipe his pain away

"I’ up to rub the lines that forrabbedour hands on the table

"Don’t be sorry I used to wonder what my life would be like if that day never happened, if s I can’t change Mistakes make us e are" Tears welled in my eyes as I listened to hirab onto soth and use it as reat job You’re in school, you’re working and you’re creating some of the most beautiful sculptures I’ve ever seen" His expression relaxed

"Thank you"

I couldn’t help but smile at the beautiful person in front of me and my heart warmed when he smiled back

"Tellin toward me

I told him about Jade and hoe hated each other for a couple weeks before deciding we actually really liked one another I told him about Gwen and he askedaboutthere would only reht now this was the only place I wanted to be

When we left, he walkedthat I had never seen it

"I sold my truck before school started to pay tuition Now I just have my motorcycle and it’s a little cold out here for that puppy I’rab a cab"

"Get in the car" He sue

We took the short drive in silence I was content to steal occasional glances at him and breathe in his familiar scent Every time I stole a peek at him, he had an incredibly sexy smirk on his face I wasn’t sure if I was the cause of that smirk, but I sure hoped so

I pulled up in front of his building and put"Do you want to come upstairs?" He had a hopeful look on his face and I hated to wipe it off, but I had homework to do and I wasn’t quite ready to be back in his apartet back I have a paper to finish and it’s getting kind of late" I gave him a soft smile, which he returned I had never felt so enuine and warm and I tried to capture it in my mind to hold for later

"I understand" He reached over and cupped ht kiss on ht I was Gorgeous"

"You are gorgeous, Baby"

He rubbed his thumb over my lower lip and I couldn’t help but kiss it "I kind of like the sound of that," I whispered, leaning into his hand

"Goodnight, Baby"

"Goodnight" He kissedout of the car and disappearing into his building

At that ht in the world It was so ain

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