The ink on his arm catches my attention. “How’d you get a tattoo? Don’t you have to be eighteen?” “Not in Austria.” “Really?” “Really.” “Why a sideways eight?” “Aurelia, it’s an infinity symbol.” “I know. I was just teasing.” “Never tease about a tattoo.” “Geez.” I roll my eyes at him. “So why an infinity?” “It’s us,” he says casually. “Us?” His eyes dart from the infinity tattoo to my widened eyes. “Friends forever.” “Forever.” I should be flattered, happy. Which I am. The art on his body represents us. Chad’s friends forever confession lingers and then an unfamiliar pain pricks at my heart.
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