“And what if I say you do?” We didn’t really have time for this, but I also had to say it now or I wasn’t going to get the chance at all. “What if I want you with me?” “Then you’d be the first person who ever really had.” I pushed up onto my tiptoes and kissed him, my fingers sliding into his hair and my pulse hammering at the thought of this being goodbye. “Come with me,” I whispered against his lips. “I can’t,” he replied roughly though the look in his eyes said he wanted to give me a different answer. I nodded, my chest twisting with the sharp feeling of pain but I held myself there with
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