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to lean to his right even an inch, he’d feel me. He had no idea how close he came to being carved into something spectacular tonight.
    My attention was drawn back to the window when I heard Seth’s little sister laugh. She brought the fight to a halt. Fuck! I hoped for some more tension. I guessed I’d have to step it up a notch.
     
    ***
     
    Emily
     
    My hands sought the warmth of my coffee, and I held it close to my chest as the cool morning breeze brushed my skin, leaving a thin layer of sea spray. My toes flexed in the sand, and the sun rose behind me. Ever since I was a child, I’d tried to beat the sunrise so we could wake together. It was like an old friend who no matter what would always be there.
    I pushed last night’s events away, feeling a little a lost with them. I focused on the fact Maddy and Seth had a great day, and she seemed to be bubbling over with happiness. Lord knew the poor girl needed someone to look up to while Martha figured out how to deal with Jack’s messes. Seth’s father needed to be taken out back and dealt with.
    I dug at my pocket, shocked to see Maddy was up so early.
     
    Maddy: Have you decided on your costumes?
     
    Emily: Why aren’t you sleeping?
     
    Maddy: Excited! So…
     
    I rubbed my head, trying to get my head in the game.
     
    Emily: Yes, should be arriving today or tomorrow.
     
    Maddy: Yay!! Will you give me a clue?
     
    Emily: Your brother will be happy.
     
    Maddy: So you’re going as cops?
     
    Emily: Ha! No, you’ll just have to wait and see.
     
    I laughed. I was lucky enough that he agreed not to go as a cop. He claimed he and Garrett already had the uniforms, and they didn’t see the point in being anything else.
     
    Maddy: I had a lot of fun yesterday, thanks a lot.
     
    Emily: You should know you’re welcome at our place anytime, Maddy. You never need an invite.
     
    Maddy: Thanks, I needed to hear that. xo
     
    I closed my eyes and breathed in some warmth from the rays and tuned in to the waves. I should get ready for school and hit up the library, but I didn’t want to move.
    His warm chest found my back, and his arms wrapped around me as his legs settled in next to mine.
    “Morning.” His raspy voice sent a jolt to my system. I leaned back and rested my head on his broad shoulder. I loved how I felt in his arms. “You’re up early.” I nodded and nuzzled deeper into his hold.
    “I was saying hello to an old friend.”
    “Oh?” he asked, then kissed my temple. “Have I met this friend?”
    I looked up at him. “Yeah,” I closed my eyes and kissed his neck, “you have.”
    He made the connection and remembered the last time I did this, at the beach the morning after he told me he loved me.
    “What’s on your mind, baby?”
    I watched as a seagull dived into the water and came back up empty. “Nothing really worth getting into.” He didn’t push; he got what I was talking about. We didn’t need to beat a dead horse again. “Seth?”
    “Mmm?”
    “Do you see us together in ten years?”
    His left hand found mine and held it tightly. “Emily, if you’re not in my future in ten years, what is there to live for?”
    I felt the passion he had for me, but was it enough? “You think, with how we are, with how stubborn and crazy we are together, we’ll make it?”
    He leaned to the side to see my face. “Do you?” My finger traced circles in the sand, truly trying to find the honest answer. “Em, you fought so hard for us last year, so let me fight for us now. If you’re second guessing things, tell me now so I can make them right. I don’t want to do me without you.” His hand caught a tear I didn’t even know was falling.
    “I don’t want to either,” I whispered. He waited and studied my face to see how upset I was, then moved back and pulled me closer. He wrapped his arms around my waist and rested his chin against my shoulder.
     
    ***
     
    “How’s he holding up?” Erin asked through a bite into her apple. The