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“I don’t understand.” She finally speaks, her voice sounding raspy.
“I told Nikki that it’s best if we left our friendship along with anything else if she was holding anything for me, in the past. I told her that you are my future and that I wouldn’t let anything happen to us.”
“Oh Max, I don’t want you to give up your friends because of me.” Her glassy eyes meet mine.
“I’m not. I don’t want anything to come between us. She would be something. Earlier, I didn’t think that could be something that was possible. I saw it as just a friendship. But I went and talked to Leo and Judy, and they helped me see it from a different perspective.”
“Do you know that you’re unlike anyone I’ve ever met?” She smiles faintly.
“Like someone who is awesome?” My finger hits the corner of her mouth.
“Something like that.” She smiles.
“Come on, let’s get you into bed.” I saw standing and holding my hand out to her.
“I am in bed.” She doesn’t move.
“You’re in the guest room, I’m talking about the bed in our room.”
I hold out my hand to help her up and I realize that I’m holding my breath until her hand is placed in mine.
