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"They didn’t knoas taking it," I explain,up behind hie I haven’t been able to stop thinking about the way he kissed ht I was kind of shocked when he allowed me to kiss hie the way he did I can’t wait to kiss hiht Kiss and kiss and kiss

"They look so happy and in love," he remarks quietly "And free"

"Free?"

"To be themselves" He cups his scarred arm as he stares at the picture "I kind of envy theently place a hand on his arm "Tell me what happened"

He shakes his head "I can’t"

"Why not? I proood listener I can be there for you"

He shakes his head again "It’s too soon and honestly, I think the story’s a little too dark for you I love how you don’t see all the ugly in the world… I don’t want to take that away fro a deep breath, he turns around and faces iant statue at the front door that totally looks like a penis" His subject change throws ain

"Penis statue?" I scratchabout?"

He aier toward the front door at a tall, blue tinted sculpture

I shake my head "Fuck, it really does look like a penis, doesn’t it?"

He laughs "It does, but I don’t think that’s what it’s supposed to be The plaque on it said ‘to inspire you’ It totally did, but not in the way I think it’s meant to"

"Oh, yeah" I down the rest of my wine in one s "How did it inspire you, then?"

"It inspired me to never, ever attempt to understand art" He peeks over his shoulder at h They’re the only ones I really get"

"Just wait until you see Jenna’s" When intrigue crosses his face, I grab his hand and pull hi Ontable, then duck behind a curtain that leads to the room where Jenna set up her exhibit

Darkness surrounds us, and I shtens on ht it was creepy Now, though… Well, I think shebrilliant

"What the hell is this?" he hisses under his breath "I can’t see a daht be part of the point," I whisper, sliding my hand up his aret hard Unable to see, any reservation I felt has vanished and I feel so… alive "Co hiether, but our lips don’t quite connect, and we end up bu