Never surrender to you're passions. Dream and live to excess.
Sighing, I scooted down in the booth and pulled away my hand. __ou can__ control everything. It__ like you__e a finished product and I__ a brand new idea. You__e making all the decisions about who I can be and what I can do, but I can__ make any decisions about who you are._ __ell, for one thing, I__ not eighteen. For another, you have control over how I feel and that__ still power. Finally, maybe you grew up with a boot on the back of your neck so you need all of this independence to feel like you__e accomplished shit, but you need to get over that. I take care of the people I love. My money can make your life easier and that makes my life easier. I__ not molding you and I don__ think you need molding anyway. The only difference between us is that I know I__ a finished product and you think you still need to change. You don__ and working this weekend so you can buy new clothes you don__ need won__ make you better. It won__ make you stronger or smarter. It__l wear you down and give you a false sense of accomplishment. In the long run, your grades will suffer and you__l hate your job and school and, God forbid, me._ ____e dreamed of this life for a long time and I want it to be like my dream._ __ream bigger, baby._ __ou mean dream of you._ __ dream with me in it, yes, but I know you want to be a teacher. I see on your face what that means to you. I__ not saying give up everything for me and be my bitch. I__ saying live your dream along with being my bitch._ __uck you,_ I hissed, grinning. Cooper shared my smile. __ have to protect you. I have to feel like I__ doing right by you because my heart hurts when you aren__ happy. The last day sucked worse than any time in my life. I just couldn__ give two shits about anything because I__ lost you._ __ don__ know. I still feel like I should work this weekend._ Cooper sighed for nearly a minute then shook his head. __ealthy relationships are about compromise. Don__ work this weekend and go to the fair with me and I__l buy you new clothes. See, compromise?_ __ou get everything you want. How is that compromise?_ ____ buying you new clothes that I don__ think you need,_ he said, grinning. ____ wasting money on your delusion. You__e welcome._ Laughing, I finished my soda then stood up. ____l think about it._ __nd say yes when I take you home later.
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Sighing, I scooted down in the booth and pulled away my hand. __ou can__ control everything. It__ like you__e a finished product and I__ a brand new idea. You__e making all the decisions about who I can be and what I can do, but I can__ make any decisions about who you are._ __ell, for one thing, I__ not eighteen. For another, you have control over how I feel and that__ still power. Finally, maybe you grew up with a boot on the back of your neck so you need all of this independence to feel like you__e accomplished shit, but you need to get over that. I take care of the people I love. My money can make your life easier and that makes my life easier. I__ not molding you and I don__ think you need molding anyway. The only difference between us is that I know I__ a finished product and you think you still need to change. You don__ and working this weekend so you can buy new clothes you don__ need won__ make you better. It won__ make you stronger or smarter. It__l wear you down and give you a false sense of accomplishment. In the long run, your grades will suffer and you__l hate your job and school and, God forbid, me._ ____e dreamed of this life for a long time and I want it to be like my dream._ __ream bigger, baby._ __ou mean dream of you._ __ dream with me in it, yes, but I know you want to be a teacher. I see on your face what that means to you. I__ not saying give up everything for me and be my bitch. I__ saying live your dream along with being my bitch._ __uck you,_ I hissed, grinning. Cooper shared my smile. __ have to protect you. I have to feel like I__ doing right by you because my heart hurts when you aren__ happy. The last day sucked worse than any time in my life. I just couldn__ give two shits about anything because I__ lost you._ __ don__ know. I still feel like I should work this weekend._ Cooper sighed for nearly a minute then shook his head. __ealthy relationships are about compromise. Don__ work this weekend and go to the fair with me and I__l buy you new clothes. See, compromise?_ __ou get everything you want. How is that compromise?_ ____ buying you new clothes that I don__ think you need,_ he said, grinning. ____ wasting money on your delusion. You__e welcome._ Laughing, I finished my soda then stood up. ____l think about it._ __nd say yes when I take you home later.
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Living the dream.