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I dropped my head at the sound of her voice but only for a minute to gain my bearings. I turned and there she was. Hair a mess, pulled high on her head, pieces falling loose around her face and at the nape of her neck. She wore one of my t-shirts which landed past her knees and loose white sweatpants that were pulled up to her calves. She looked like she was barely hanging on but she was here for me and the most beautiful I had ever in my life seen her was right here in this moment.
“Can I come out with you?”
That crushed my fucking heart for the millionth time.
She was unsure about me, about us.
“Yeah…”
She walked right to me. Right into my chest, hugged my waist and let her head rest on my chest. I hesitated but eventually I hugged her back. Her body was loose, relaxed against mine and I buried my face in her hair.
The tightness in my chest settled. That feeling like someone had wound a rubber band around my ribs and was pulling tight, gone.
“I missed you.”
“Yeah?”
“Yeah,” she stated quietly.
“I missed you more.”
She hugged me tighter and I kissed the top of her head. “I fucked up. I’m sorry.”
“You didn’t do anything. Don’t apologize.”
I felt her lips flutter over my chest. Soft kisses that I should have barely felt crawled all over me.
“That’s not really the truth, is it?”
“The truth is whatever I say it is. You didn’t do anything wrong.”
“We should probably talk about everything.”
“We should and we will. Just not right now. Right now, I just want you, this, us…”
She lifted onto her toes and I hesitated just before her mouth reached mine but the minute it did.
Fuck.
She was everything.
She would always be everything.
My chest was tight again.
In such a short time she became the most important thing to me. Knowing she stayed stalled something in me but feeling her now, kissing her, made everything bad good. Everything dark, light. I felt like I could breathe.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered against her mouth.
“Me too,” she gave back and I pulled away, narrowing my eyes. She huffed. “You needed me. I should have known. I will from now on. I’ll know.”
“Cress, this has nothing to do with you.”
They’d fucked with my head.
“I’m not saying it does. I’m just saying, you needed me, and I wasn’t there. If you fucked up. So did I.” She smiled softly. “We’re even. We move past this and figure out the rest.”
I chuckled, shaking my head. This fucking woman…
