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laughing, too. “See mom, no lightning struck me down!” I thought with a laugh.
    “So they keep you sheltered from everything, huh?” he asked, taking my hand and turning it palm up and lightly tracing his fingers over it. My heart started to race again. I swallowed and nodded.
    “Some— Sometimes I just wish I could be like this all the time,” I said with my voice catching as I watched him.
    He looked up from my hand, his gray eyes stirring up those butterflies again. “You should be. No one should have to pretend to be something else when they are already special enough.”
    Yeah, this guy has completely and utterly ruined me for all other men , I thought to myself.
    I wanted to kiss him so badly when those words left his lips. He had no idea the effect they had on me. My old world was barely hanging on by a thread. I had a feeling that kissing him again would cut me free entirely and leave me spiraling out of control, but I was almost craving the fall. That thought woke me up a little bit, just enough to open my mouth and keep it from leaning into his for the moment.
    “You’re turn.”
    “Well, I’m Avery McGuire. Born and raised in a small town in New York. I’m twenty-one and I find your southern accent absolutely adorable. I’m in a band, making it pretty big you know, playing random bars every weekend,” he says with a laugh, I blush as he continues, “I like hockey, Hawaiian pizza, and all things music.”
    We both laughed as we intertwined our fingers together slowly.
    I shivered, not entirely sure if it was from the chemistry between us or the late night air, but he pulled me in closer to him, swinging a leg around me, and also an arm. I don’t know what possessed me to snuggle my face into the crook of his shoulder and tattooed neck. Maybe it was how he smelled like one of those spicy amber scented body washes, or how warm his body felt against mine. He held me close that way, finding my hand again and lacing our fingers together. I shut my eyes, mentally writing down everything. I didn’t want to forget a single second of this. I took a deep breath and sighed, content, feeling his hair brush against my forehead as he leaned his head into me slightly. I could feel his warm breath on my hair as he lightly kissed the top of my head.
    “Can I keep you?” I whispered, remembering my favorite line from a childhood movie. Before I could take it back and site a brain malfunction, his lips crashed into mine like a force of nature.
    We kissed for what seemed like hours, or mere seconds. I’ll never know how long we sat there beside the glittering waterfall, but when you’re lost in kissing someone like Avery, time stands still and flies by all at once.
    When he finally pulled away and whispered that he needed to get me back to my friend, the separation from him left me feeling off balance.
    Breathless didn’t quite cover the state he had just left me in. His lips and his tongue had just wiped my brain clear of all rational ability to think. He helped me up and we started walking back toward the bar.
    When the neon sign came into view, I tightened my grip on his hand and I felt a tightening in my chest. I didn’t have a chance to think about it before I felt his warm hand on my cheek.
    “I hate to say goodbye already,” he says softly, tilting my head back so I could look into his beautiful eyes. I couldn’t help but smile.
    “Me, too. I only live a few hours from here, though. Maybe we can get together next weekend?” I asked breathlessly, feeling my swollen lips tingle as I finally spoke.
    When his smile instantly faded, I suddenly felt sick. That tightening feeling in my chest was back with a vengeance. I heard him clear his throat, and I blinked for a long moment.
    “My family is flying back to New York next weekend,” he says, shattering my heart with each word.

 
     
     

    I stared around my bedroom, and the old, plain white walls started to feel as if they were closing in around me,