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He stopped right in front of me, his face only inches from mine I pinched my eyes closed; I couldn’t be this close to hi would be fine, but I couldn’t do that anyht at me, "It was Mason? You left ht noould say things aren’t going so fking well" He walked toward Mason, punching the wall along the way This was not going to be good What have I done?

"Dane, stop!" I screamed, but it didn’t stop him He didn’t even flinch Dane stepped up to Mason and before Mason even kneas co, Dane punched hiround and Dane straddled hi to hit him I yelled for him to stop, but he didn’t I was relieved when Tyler and another guy ca from where I stood and when he looked back over to me, I flinched This was all because of me; it was because of my actions and my lies

"Dane, you need to leave Do you want rip on Dane’s arain He stopped and looked right into my eyes "I hope hetoward the door I didn’t want him to think I left him for Mason or that I left hiine what it was doing to hih the croard Dane I saw hiet to hi He was almost to the end of the hallway "Dane, stop!" I yelled as loud as I could through my tears He stopped, but didn’t turn around to look at me I walked closer to him until ere only a few feet apart "I need to tell you so" My voice and body shook uncontrollably

He spun around to look atat me with his dark eyes "I don’t want to hear what you have to say Do you knohat you did tobad"

Another tear rolled down my cheek "I know I’m so sorry, but I need you to know there is no one else There was only you and there has only ever been you I need you to know that"

He let out a cynical laugh "I just saw you cooddamn bedroom and you want me to believe this shit? You told me there was someone else You said you didn’t love me" His last feords made me flinch

I couldn’t take it anymore "Damn it, I didn’t leave you because I wanted to I had to Dane My parents would’ve ruined us both I didn’t want to do it, believe htly frorabbed the front of his t-shirt in an attempt to pull him closer "I love you I need you to know that"

His body was tense, but he didn’t pushwith Mason?"

"He was a htened my hands around his shirt to pull hiainstand I knehat he was asking That was soiven to him and he knew it

"God, no You still have e breath before wrapping his arms around ht "Come home with me then"

"I can’t, Dane I’m sorry Some choices aren’t mine to be made" As soon as the words left rabbed my wrists to free my hands from his shirt I looked into his eyes and the pain I saw there was unlike anything I had ever seen or ever wanted to see in the eyes of another person, especially one I loved I could feel et out fro he needed and everything we both wanted The tears rolled down et closer to him