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“The new boy of Tommen.”

WHAT A NOTE TO END ON

“How does she look? Does she seem happy? Is she well?”

It's not just that he asked, it's WHAT he asked 😭

"... but it’s mostly about me. About who I am and where I fit—and I need more time to do that. I didn’t pay enough attention to my life. I didn’t experience any of the stuff I now realize that I want to experience...."

Why did this hurt so much?

"Dear Shannon..."

A LETTER?!
I'M GONE FOR

SPOILER

“But don’t forget that you’ll always be my 13.”
“My binding 13.”
I choked out a pained laugh, thinking about that stupid bet. “You heard about that?”
“Yeah.” Half sobbing, half laughing, Shannon smiled and nodded. “I won.”
“Hands down.” I kissed her puffy lips. “Undisputed.” “Now, I’m keeping 13,” she told me. “So come home to me when you’re done, okay?”
“I will.”

"I’m going to call the house and say ‘Dellie, is my Seany there?’” He smiled. “And me say, ‘my Onny there?’” “That’s right.”

STOP IT
IT'S TOO CUTE
I CAN'T

“I’ll call you every day, And I’ll send you a million texts
But it won’t be the same
I know, but we’ll make it work
We’ll figure it out, okay? need you to stop crying
I can’t help it. My heart is breaking here
It won’t be forever
You can’t leave me, Johnny!
Come on, don’t make this harder than it has to be
You promise this isn’t a forever goodbye?
I promise, Now, come on, Gibs. You’re cutting off my air supply here”

“But I only told you that once,” I whispered, thinking back to one of the random conversations we had at night when Johnny slipped into my room. “I can’t believe you remembered that—and especially in your current state.” “You only ever have to tell me a thing one time and it sticks.” He tapped his temple. “I keep track of all your words right there.”

He listened and remembered, this is the bar,
Guys, take note

“We all have our secrets,” Johnny replied quietly.
“We’re all a little fractured, Shan.”

FOUND FAMILY

“I think I’m damned if I do and I’m damned if I don’t,” she said with a wry smile. “If I take you, it’s almost like I’m approving, which I most certainly am not—at least not until you’re twenty-five, minimum—and if I don’t and something happens, I’ll have failed you both. So I’m thinking I’ll go with the first option and to hell with what anyone thinks of it.”

Just Mama K being the best #2