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The snow has picked up and thick snowflakes fall fro

"Why’d you turn it off?" I ask, tucking my hands intoh as he kicks the tip of his boot at the snow on the ground "Yeah, right More like threats"

I stop under the shelter of a tree and grab his ar you?"

He shrugs it off "It’s nothing I haven’t heard I can’t ever coain Blah, blah, blah" He rolls his eyes, pretending to be unaffected

"I’m sorry, but your mother’s a bitch"

"Oh, that she is" He pulls the hood of his jacket over his head "Can we talk about so away from the probleht?" I question, knowing I’d be anything but okay had I suffered everything he’s been through

"Oddly enough, I kind of a Braiden, I have this strange sense of closure Like I’ve e and I feel like I’ive his hand a squeeze "You know I’, whatever"

He chuckles, his eyes lighting up for the first ti?"

"Yeah, as a way to get it out You’d be surprised how therapeutic it can be"

"Thanks for the offer, but physically exerting myself doesn’t sound likeI haven’t done that in a while"

"Okay," I respond, unsure as to whether he wants me to accompany him since he’s been so hesitant about it in the past

"I definitely need to get so"

I nod o, then Like I said, the day is yours"

We hike across the snow for the car, our shoes crunching against the frostbitten grass The snowfall is thinning, uys heading up the sidewalk, I’m prepared for Seth to pull his hand out of mine, like he always does e’re around other people, but as the guys get closer, he only grips tighter I can feel his anxiety when his palainst aze re at the guys out the corner of his eye

A few of them look in our direction and openly stare, but, thankfully, no one opens their mouth and weSeth needs is for dra hiers trenition