“You and me. We both like a challenge. We can both be a pain in the butt. Some of us more than others.” He gave me a look and squeezed me tighter. Balking, I tried to move away, but he held me fast. “But at the end of the day, no matter who wins, I can’t wait to do it all over again the next day. You’re the first person I want to talk to when I wake up. I lose way too much sleep at night trying to think of ways to get a rile out of you, make you laugh, torture you, kiss you…” Can a chest explode from happiness? My body, once tense and stiff, now felt light as air, floating away on some cloud
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