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Aurora Roberts will always be a good idea.
earlier, I answer honestly. “I want
Russ, you’re perfect. Like dream-guy perfect. You’re too good to be real.”
But you’ll choose me and I’ll choose you and we’ll be happy without anyone else ruining
You’ll never have to question if you’re my first choice.” My heart is hammering in my
“My perfect girl,” I mumble as I move
“Do you think we need outfit changes as well?” Emilia asks as I throw different hair accessories into a purse with my cell phone, headphones, and a paperback about a princess and her hot bodyguard.
“My heart skips a beat” until right now, when I see how Russ looks at me when he thinks I’m not watching.
“You’re so beautiful,” he whispers. This is what being wanted and valued feels like. This is the feeling I want forever.
like the dam breaks and I just let the tears fall because there’s nothing else to do and no one else who can fix it.
“You could never disappoint me, Aurora, and you don’t need to be anybody but yourself. I know you’re hurting and I want to make it better, but if you want me to stay and check for spiders, you need to stay, too, because if you go, I go. We all need you and we all want you here.”
It feels funny being the one handing out dad advice, but it’s what makes Russ so important to me. We’re both a little bit broken, both trying to be a bit better, and both just desperately searching for someone to want them for who they are.
“I’ve spent my life trying to stick to the rules. I’ve kept my head down, kept my stories and secrets and done my best to carry around my baggage alone. She makes me not want to be alone anymore. I’m sorry I broke the rules, but I don’t regret it, and I’d do it again if it meant I could do it with her. I’m grateful for the opportunity your family has given me, but I’m more grateful for her.”
“You’re my first choice, Russ,” she whispers, burying her head into my neck. “Where you go, I go. You don’t have to face this alone.”
“You never have to feel embarrassed with me, Russ. Maybe the universe wasn’t trying to fuck us over. Maybe it knew we needed each other, because I do need you. You’re the best thing to happen to me, and more important, I want to be there for you through this in whatever way you want me to be.”
with my newfound confidence.
“I love fake dating.” “Fake-dating? That is the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard,” Henry says.
THOUGHT I’D ESCAPED BEING forced into bookstores with Aurora,”
