The Worst Kind of Promise (Riverside Reapers #2)
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waiting to fall in tandem with my tears.
Meara O’Lone
Emo
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Cold air spills over my naked arms and legs, raising goose bumps on flesh,
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Put a jacket on
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“Faye,
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Why do you have the name of a fantasy character in a normal romance book
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“It wasn’t his fault. I sent mixed signals.”
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Girl
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“Oh, and you think I’m super calm, cool, and collected right now?”
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...no
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don’t need you to play hero!
Meara O’Lone
YOU LITERALLY CALLED HIM CCRYING BECAUSE YOU NEEDED HIS HELP WTF DO YOU MEAN "I DONT NEEDD A HERO"
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Kit doesn’t believe in strings, whether they’re attached or not.
Meara O’Lone
Sounds terrable /s im sure hell find some strings just for you sweatheart
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need—he can’t give me stability or reassurance or unconditional love.
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Im sure by the end of this bok he will
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When my mother died of cancer, my father abandoned his parental duties,
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Omg she has the weird name and both of her parents are gone this is so cleche
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Hayes is a…protective…older brother.
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I wonder why. Its almost like he raised you
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This night has brought up a past trauma I’ve tried so hard to bury.
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Bro thats not how trauma works
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and he punches the steering wheel,
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Red flag bro chil
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But right here, right now, I want to give in so badly, even after the night I’ve
Meara O’Lone
Bro hes shown no atraction to you besides being protective over his friends younger sister
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swallow down the vomit threatening to spray the floor of Kit’s car.
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Thats unpleasant
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“I can’t imagine how hard this is for you.”
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(its cause hes a man)
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And now I’m just asking you to keep a teensy, tiny secret.”
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Its not that teensy tiny tho
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Friends? I’ve never hated one word so much in my entire life.
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Geez how shocking
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KIT
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Ooooo i love dual pov. Let me guess: hes secretly gonna be in love and your the reason he has no strings
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I want to be so much more than just friends.
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God this is so cleche its almost like its a sappy romance book with cartoon cover
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My nerves have never been so out of control around any girl before.
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"shes not like other girls”
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looking three times as small as usual in the seat next to me.
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Yea thats cause your 6'5 and built like a wall
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important piece of information possibly have slipped my mind?
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I love the one bed trope. Also why would he have two beds it was supposed to be just him
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“I can take the couch,” I blurt out, panic swooping low in my stomach.
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No you cant your bigger than the couch
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the way seafoam laps between your toes before dissolving into damp granules of sand.
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Fun fact: sea foam is a result of the rotting of a lot of dead animals slash plants at once
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Ever since I met her at Hayes’ initiation party, I’ve had a little bit of a thing for her.
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Love at first sight
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Two, because I’d convinced myself it was nothing but a crush.
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Considering you struggle with emotional relationships and this is the only girl you’ve had feelings for, id say shes pretty special
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walking over to the dresser
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Your in a hotel why is all of your stuff in drawers
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Faye’s five-foot-five body
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Ridiculous height difference
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be beating the ever-living life out of my punching bag.
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Red flag 2
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“Come back with me to California. Just for the summer,” I say.
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Wtf you live 2000 miles away and barely see each other
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He’s like catnip, and I desperately want to rub myself all over him.
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Lol
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don’t think he’s ever shown anyone this much compassion.
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Its cause he likes you
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Note to self: don’t look into Kit’s eyes unless you want to spontaneously combust on the spot.
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Im sure youd like that
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“I don’t look at you any differently, Faye.”
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No you do and currently are
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beginning to create a trench in the carpeted floor as I pace back and forth.
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How long is the carpet fibers???
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care about you. A lot more than I care about most people.
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Its because he has a crush on you and cant get over it
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“Just because you’re used to taking care of yourself doesn’t mean you should be.
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Well no one else was gonna do it
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so much so that someone could probably use it as a homing beacon from miles away.
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Geez thats concerning
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not bothering to wipe the snot off my puffy face.
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Ew
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his Sasquatch body
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Well thats a way to describe him
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NEXT STOP: CALIFORNIA
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Omg shes actually doing it
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You could fully bounce a quarter off that thing. Or use it for insulation in the winter.
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Lol
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Hayes
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Every time i see it im reminded i have a philly fliers jersey with hayes on the back
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it looks like staying in Pennsylvania isn’t an option either.
Meara O’Lone
Wait your gonna go across the country wth someone you know very little about for multiple months? thats not very smart
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Kit’s tree-trunk arm has braceleted itself around me and, judging by the soft snores still emanating from him, I don’t think he realizes he’s half-cuddling me.
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Awwww he cuddles in his sleep
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I get a good whiff of his cologne
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How long lasting is his cologne cause my perfume is gone by the end of class
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it clouds around me,
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Also how does no not smell like sweat
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His voice has the right amount of grizzle to wake my lady bits from hibernation,
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Never say that again
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want to come with you. To California,”
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Ofc you would do something as irrational as that
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“Are you sure?”
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She shouldnt but is
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