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She turned suddenly, and before I could react, framed my face with her hands and pressed her lips to mine.I froze, mostly in shock, but after a moment my body uncoiled and I closed my eyes, relaxing into her. I remembered this; the feel of her lips on mine,cool and soft, the touch of her fingers on my skin. I remembered her scent, those long nights when we would lie under the cold, frozen stars,dreaming in each other__ arms.For a second, my body reacted instinctively. I started to pull us closer, to wrap my arms around her and return the kiss with equal passion_but, thenI stopped.I remembered this perfectly; every shining moment with Ariella was forever etched into my mind. What we__ had, what we__ shared, everything. I__built a shrine to her in my memories, carefully tended with grief and anger and regret. I knew every inch of our relationship, the passion, the feelingof emptiness when we weren__ together, the longing and, yes, the love. I had been in love with Ariella. I remembered what she__ meant to me once,what I__ felt for her then_and what I didn__ feel for her now.
