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The silence stretched out until Macy finally spoke "Please don’t lose your head over him"

"I’m not I just…" I just want to live my damn life Is that soany more decisions for her Brian wasn’t the only issue here The situation with hi within her for years Giving them an outlet

"Candace, everyone else aside, I don’t think he’s good for you, either"

Her vision was momentarily washed in red "Why not? Yes, he’s different But other than that, what’s really wrong with hi time I’ve knohat your dreams were since ere twelve years old You wanted the white knight on horseback co to rescue you You wanted a rouy like John Cusack in Say Anything, standing under your , holding up a boohed "Remember?"

It was hard not to chuckle at theout of bed to watchnotes over which row up andthat Except instead of Peter Gabriel, he’d be playing, I don’t know, Slipknot or so"

"I don’t think you’ll ever have your fairytale ending with him"

"Who needs a fairytale? In the end, I only want to be happy with a guy I love, and who lovesht"

"With all due respect, you haven’t been swept enough to know Don’t confuse lust with so deeper As far as your parents, they’re liketo protect you"

"It’s not their job any her sointo tears Was she really crazy, and everyone else totally sane? Should she siht up in her heart, keep it a delicious secret she could revisit whenever she was enduring sex with a ree upon?

Hell, no She shuddered, thinking of allowing soht She couldn’t live like that She wouldn’t She’d rather die a virgin Her parents could send her to a convent and she would gladly go

But oh, God, she didn’t want that She wanted hi her bare flesh Hisher body He had to be the one It had to happen The very thought h her as she wondered if he would be sinister and aggressive and push into her hard and fast, getting it over with in one blinding instant of pain and ecstasy Or if he would be gentle and considerate and take all night coaxing her through So had been so intensely sweet, and so, she had no idea what to expect of him And she didn’t knohich she’d prefer The mere speculation stirred an ache deep inside her and made desire pool anew in her brsts and lips When she saw hiht not be able to control herself

What if he didn’t forgive her for her hasty overreaction this ?

Minutes ticked by Another hour passed She couldn’t reet close enough to see if their hours were posted out front There were still cars in the parking lot, so she iined they operated until the last custo to drift shut and she was conteht her attention, and she sat straight up Brian was leaving She kneas hiure and the way he walked, with a loose, easy confidence that sparked off a tremor from the roots of her hair all the way to her toes Her heart rate doubled, and she reached for the door handle, only to stop cold when the door opened behind hiirl he stopped and waited for