She pulls her legs out of my jacket and stretches them out in front of her to cross them at the ankles. She gazes out into the sky for a moment before saying, “Well, a fun way to look at our exes is that if we hadn’t dated them, then we wouldn’t be right here, sitting on this tree, and enjoying this incredible sunset.” Mercedes waggles her brows at me and turns to watch the last few inches of sun dip down behind a faraway hill. But I can’t seem to take my eyes off her. Her hair is kind of like a sunset. She feels me watching. “You’re missing something really beautiful,” she sings teasingly. My
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