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alf-erased sketches, music looping softly from his speake
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nk abo
idn't he j
Crizzle asked that question had felt like a missed heartbeat. She had sto
bring it up again... or if
her Hall was quiet. Most students were either asleep or still
expect t
ere sh
with a bowl of cereal and a giant hoodie swallowing her frame. He
up when h
ep?" she a
d and sat across
d dream. Ne
e. "Froot Loops s
owl," she said, popping
buzzed faintly in the background. Mikey watched the way her knees bobbe
quietly. "I ke
ooke
esterday," she continu
ayed
," she added, avoiding his eyes
bows on his knees. "You
dn'
firmly. "If an
him, finally me
," Mikey admitted. "
ed, but no wo
," he continu
she whi
cross that line,
l aside. "Maybe we'
ilence
ybe... she
she looked at him a second too long. Not when she whispered his name in
er his face. "What
red smile. "Hones
want to l
quickly. "No matter
omi
d up he
his finger around hers.
act
that quiet, pin
"Do you ever wonder
lowed. "Al
ushion. "I think about where we'l
he asked wit
le flickered there. "Maybe. Or maybe we'll
swer. Hated how
apter you forget," he sa
, voice steady. "You've alr
om wen
hour, or the way the moonlight hit her face just rig
ed over, and s
ding not to be more t
idn't
aned her head o
e let
didn'
idn't
y silence-it felt like something shifted. Like the line betwe
inally admitting