“What do you mean it was your idea?” Her bottom lip quivers and her eyes glisten under the moonlight as the tears begin to fall, staining her cheeks. “I just wanted to forget about you. I told him I wanted to go outside, so he brought me out here.” She pauses, hastily swiping the tears from her face as she stares back at me. “After last night, I just wanted something—someone—to help me forget, even if it was only for a few minutes.” My hands find the sides of her face as I step closer to her, my toes touching hers. She tilts her head back, her eyes bouncing back and forth between mine as I get
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