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Thefrom our friends suddenly stop, but I pay them no mind My attention is solely focused on lacial, but it doesn’t scare me

After shooting daggers at each other for several seconds, his gaze softens His hand lets up on the pressure he has on mine, but he doesn’t totally releaseover me

“Abby, I know you’re hurting,” he says low enough for only me to hear “Please, let me take you home You don’t need to be here We can wait for Colt at your house”

My eyes sting at the softness of his tone and the concern in his eyes I knohen I hurt, he hurts as well That’s just the type of friendship we have He hates seeing this side of me, the side I can’t control The side that makes me one fucked-up person The side that won’t allow me to be a normal person that has normal relationships

Deciding to give in, because I really don’t want to be here any

“I’ on you on your birthday”

“Don’t you worry about a thing I won’t be left alone” Her gaze goes to Gary, before co back to me, a pinch noeen her brows “You just take care of yourself And call me tomorrow”

I try to smile, I really do, but it falls flat “Will do”

I look over to Tegan, who now has the girl standing between his legs instead of sprawled across his lap He’s not looking at me, but at Nathan

“Don’t do anything stupid,” he tells him from across the table

Nathan doesn’t give hirunt

The look Tegan gives ain These three people are my best friends in the entire world They love le I’ve had for years now They know uy, and they know I never thought I could have one They also nohy I can’t have one Tonight just proves I’ve been right all along

Tegan gives irl back into his arrab my purse from Nathan and lead him out the door I have to walk slowly because the cra down ht before I h shoes Had it not been for Nathan behind me, I would have done a face-plant

Although he is my friend, and has seen me in this condition before, I still feel mortification when Nathan picks me up and carriesrit my teeth with each step he takes My skin feels hypersensitive The sensations rolling throughin Nathan’s ariving it what it needs, but ht Myet away from him

“We’re almost to the truck,” he murmurs