Day leans in toward me. He reaches up to touch my face. I can tell it still hurts him to use his fingers, and his nails are dark with dried blood. "You're brilliant," he says. "But you're a fool to stay wish someone like me."I close my eyes at the touch of his hand. "Then we're both fools.
I don__ want you involved in any of that.___ecause you care about me?___f course._ I narrowed my eyes. __ don__ want to worry about you getting hurt.__e stepped in and his other hand settled just above my hip. __ecause you want to be with me?___es._ That word was easy to speak.Rider smiled then and the right dimple appeared. __ou want to be my girlfriend.__ opened my mouth and then I laughed. It sounded strange after the seriousness of our conversation, but the statement was sweet and silly.His cheeks pinked. __ot sure how I feel about that laugh,_ he teased. __ut I do love the sound of it.__y breath caught at the word. Love. Oh, gosh, was that what was happening here?__o do you? Want to be my girlfriend?_ he asked, and then chuckled. __robably should__e brought this up before I kissed you, but I want...I want to see where this goes, Mallory. I feel like we got a second chance, you know? I__e been thinking that since I sat down in speech and saw you sitting there. We have a second chance. And who gets second chances?__ searched his gaze, feeling a rightness deep in my chest. I had thought the same thing before, about second chances.__ don__ want to pass that up.
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I don__ want you involved in any of that.___ecause you care about me?___f course._ I narrowed my eyes. __ don__ want to worry about you getting hurt.__e stepped in and his other hand settled just above my hip. __ecause you want to be with me?___es._ That word was easy to speak.Rider smiled then and the right dimple appeared. __ou want to be my girlfriend.__ opened my mouth and then I laughed. It sounded strange after the seriousness of our conversation, but the statement was sweet and silly.His cheeks pinked. __ot sure how I feel about that laugh,_ he teased. __ut I do love the sound of it.__y breath caught at the word. Love. Oh, gosh, was that what was happening here?__o do you? Want to be my girlfriend?_ he asked, and then chuckled. __robably should__e brought this up before I kissed you, but I want...I want to see where this goes, Mallory. I feel like we got a second chance, you know? I__e been thinking that since I sat down in speech and saw you sitting there. We have a second chance. And who gets second chances?__ searched his gaze, feeling a rightness deep in my chest. I had thought the same thing before, about second chances.__ don__ want to pass that up.
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