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He relaxed “Good” For a while, we rode in silence Then, he spoke up again “Allie, pro?”

I shrugged

He sighed “Promise me that you won't end up with souy Someone who has tiht”

It was an uncharacteristic moment of honesty from him “What about you? Who will you end up with?”

He smiled “I like the bachelor life just fine” He looked out the“But I can't really seemarried to someone who didn't remind me of you”

I saw his sadness, but I said nothing He looked out thefor the rest of the trip to the airport When we got to the terave me a kiss on the forehead “I'll see you next Christmas, Allie Call or email me if you ever find yourself in trouble”

I let hi his warm embrace for the last time “Thanks, but I don't think I'll need your help”

He sighed again, then released ht into the ter back

Chapter Seventeen

And that was that I got on the plane, flew back, and took a taxi back to eI needed was to get additional absences for this time off

When I got back toMy hands automatically rested on my belly, and I couldn't help but think about Jathing I could think of It would bond Jaether forever

Nicole came back and asked why I was so mopey I couldn't tell her I couldn't tell anyone I couldn't even text Tessa and tell her all about it Everything had changed, and nothing had changed

The rest of Wednesday passed in a blur I was still sore on Thursday, but I et myself out of bed and to ot out of class, I noticed that James had emailedto forget he even existed, when he kept re them

That evening, I went to do laundry I dug around inout of the the coffee house band schedule I thought of Anne,for me to be in the audience I really wished I could have been there, but I'd probably never set foot in Boston again

Still, as I didwhat kind of music played I remembered the small music studio in James' place, and I wondered what kind of music he played as well