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Well, I just ca realization that I’ve been in love with you and have waited for you for twelve years--and yet I’ve done nothing about it and probably will never do anything about it because I’m a wi me as a shield for the umpteenth time in our friendship So yeah, you can say it’s been a bad last fewand scanned the io hoet up early," I staloose hair away fro ain His blue eyes ith worry and I al to do when I saw theainst his tan skin and dirty-blond hair, they looked like dark oceans with bolts of lightning going through them

I started to lean into his touch, but then rearound shoulders, and the nights we curled up with each other in one of our beds, but nothingI’d always craved fro his touches

And this was the last time I would have those ainst the stupid traitor tears that were threatening to spill down ?" he whispered harshly, and I felt his body go still against mine "Tellme quickly loseall hero on ainst his chest and he responded by sliding one of his hands fro h that our foreheads and noses were touching

A quick rush of air leftfor tortured moments as I realized this was the closest our lips had ever been He doesn’t want you, Paisley He doesn’t want you Closing ain

"Stop trying to leave," he gritted

"You can stop touching me, your fuck buddy already left"

Eli jerked back and stared at e, I pushed against his strong leg and had ht o!"

The bar was loud enough that only a couple of our friends who had been sitting near him had heard me But in that moment, it wouldn’t have mattered if an entire city heard me yell that at him, or no one at all I wanted to take it back The hurt that tore through those blue eyes I loved so h

Instinct told ht of hi I’d done But survival kicked in and took forefront Because of ly hurting me since ere thirteen years old, and I couldn’t take it any around for hi hi for rasp, I turned and fled from the bar I’d just opened the door to lass and slammed it shut

"What was that, Paisley?" Before I could respond, he was talking again "You know I don’t give a shit if Laura was still there or not If you’re upset and about to start crying--you’re all thaton with you, then you have otten about her by the time you picked up uy to yell He’d always had a calmness about hio offin an epic sort of way But that didn’t h to pick out his emotions It was all in his eyes and the deepness of his voice--and right now, Eli was hurt and pissed off Knowing that, and seeing his cal him yell at me