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shining with unshed tears – tears for me.
    “Hey,” I said grabbing his hands in mine and smiling up at him.  “It’s okay.  I got the fairy tale ending – my dad’s a Senator, my mom loves to take me shopping for ridiculously expensive clothes, and they love me.  Who cares if I’m twenty one and still afraid of the dark?”  I joked.  He brought his hands up to my face his thumbs caressing my cheeks.  “I had no idea, Taryn.”  His dark eyes were intense and I could have sworn he was about to kiss me, but my phone started beeping at the most inopportune time.  Damn that phone!  He dropped his hands from my face and his eyes to the ground.  I sighed and dug in my bag to find the stupid mood-breaker.
     
    Lindsay:  Going out tonight.  Be home late.
     
    “It’s just Lindsay letting me know she’s going out tonight,” I said.  Wyatt straightened up next to me.  “Are you going with her?”
    “No, I don’t really like going to clubs.  Besides I should probably get started on my studying.”  He stood up abruptly and offered his hand to help me up, then handed me my bag.  “I’ll walk you,” he said lacing his fingers with mine.  I didn’t mean that I needed to go right now, but he seemed ready to go, and I hoped he wasn’t regretting having almost kissed me.
    I only made it a few steps before I remembered Wyatt had said there was something he wanted to talk to me about.  I stopped walking and turned to him, “Hey, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?”  His brow furrowed and he looked down at the ground, “Uh, it’s not important.  We can talk another time.”  He smiled at me but it didn’t reach his eyes.  There was the sadness in his dark eyes that I had seen before and it worried me.
    When we reached the entrance to my apartment building, I was going to ask him if he wanted to come up, but before I could Wyatt squeezed my hand and released it – shoving his hands in his front pockets, almost as if he was stopping himself from touching me.  He looked up at the sky before nodding towards the door, “You should go inside, Taryn.”  I almost panicked when I realized I wouldn’t be seeing him at Starbucks anymore, and I didn’t know how to contact him.
    “Oh, right.  Listen, Wyatt, since I’m done with classes I won’t be stopping in at Starbucks anymore…”  I wanted to keep seeing him, but I didn’t really know what to say.  I wasn’t exactly skilled at asking guys out.  He reached around and pulled my phone out of my back pocket.  I raised an eyebrow at him.
    “I’m putting my number in here, Taryn.  I don’t want to bother you while you’re studying so I’m not taking your number.  But you can call or text me anytime, okay?”  He put the phone back in my pocket his hand brushing my waist on the way back.  “Okay?  Anytime.”  I nodded as he chuckled and turned me toward the door and gave me a little push.  “I’ll see you later, Taryn.”  I looked back to say goodbye but he was already walking away.  He was shaking his head and running a hand through his hair.

Chapter Five
     
    Call Me
     
    By Sunday night I felt ready for my exams the next day.  Lindsay was insisting we go out tomorrow night to celebrate the official end of our junior year, and she really thought I should invite Wyatt.  Lying in bed I grabbed my phone and decided it was now or never.  What’s the worst he could say?  No?  Ugh, I groaned.  I really hoped he didn’t say no.
     
    Me:  Hi.  It’s Taryn.
    Wyatt:  Hey.  Are you okay?
    Me:  Yes.
    Wyatt:  How’s the studying going?
    Me:  Good.  I’m done.
    Wyatt:  Can I call you?
     
    Oh, crap.  I’m much braver over text.  If he calls me I will actually have to speak the words and basically ask him out.  But, if I say no he can’t call me, that would send the message that I don’t like him.  And I do like him.  A lot.  A whole lot.
     
    Wyatt:  Please?  I really need to hear your