From Rejection to Desire

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stuff in the dumpster

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my fingers through it

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at? What’s

s chin as he

ake you into town. We missed dinner, so

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for a moment, the

getting that you

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ide and spins in circles, mim

od! Stop

m so that he grabs my hands

et out of here

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go out to eat while I

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s pretending to

seems more like two, it goes by

stracting make-out session behind us, and

to not bring up Alph

h I am g

, it feels as if everyone tur

d why someone as handsome

olin her

g, stiff breadsticks on the tab

go just now? What

ing.

s head sideway

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mach s

what you are t

’t care because you don’t want to g

ece of breadstick r

y do. I struggled

dad

y cringe after the question blur

hear what happen

ke my

d, Colin holds up a fi

d backs away to the bar,

my father, along with Jody’s and Tate’s. It was brutal. We all took it hard. Tate lost bo

y to these people…but at the same time…my chest hurts as if

I am s

ts a s

how to play

up on the table and C

is is b

back

ever to have an attack like that again. Trains harder, more patrol,

ng of pride sti

you k

I k

picks up the menu, the se

e open and share your thoughts with peo

ns to face the server

est, I fe

er spoken to

excep

such open

n really h

maybe, the

had to afte

at you’ve been doing

n hour at the restaurant

erent experience

tarting to feel a

’t know that he wa

olin’s fingers lightly graze my arm, then

feels

ld hands with

e had som

tely abstain…it’s not in our nature.

when it would get unbearable, I would just go to t

e every s

stayed t

nt to leave

ad an actual

feels di

eels

his o

ces down a

no

use in comfortable silence, stopping a safe distance f

e him, placing his ha

his o

ers with excit

pausing so close to my lips that

his o

es to press my lips to his, c

s very