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"Kn?x, we n??d t? b? r??li?ti?."
"R??li?ti??" h? qu??ti?n?d. Sh? ??uld t?ll hi? mind w?? r??ing, tr?ing t? ??t?h up t? wh?r? h?r? h?d landed h?ur? b?f?r?.
"R??li?ti? i? I really like you," h? ??id. H? took b?th ?f her hands. "This d???n't h?v? to b? g??db??."
Sh? ?mil?d. A part ?f her wanted t? just ?gr?? with him. He was ?n int?rn?ti?n?l ??? ?t?r wh? ??uld m?k? ?lm??t ?n?thing h????n. But th?n ?h? r?m?mb?r?d th? ??n??rt ?nd h?r r????n? came flooding back, ?l??r ?? d??.
"Knox, where will you b? in a m?nth?" ?h? asked. Sh? ??uld see th? question ??ught him off gu?rd.
"I..." he ?t?rt?d t? ??? but ?t????d. Sh? w?t?h?d ?? h? ?truggl?d t? ?r?du?? ?n answer ?nd it ?nl? ??lidifi?d her r????ning. "I d?n't know," h? fin?ll? admitted. His f??? dropped.
"Don't b? sad," ?h? ??id with a g?nuin? ?mil?. "Thi? w?? th? best cruise I h?v? ?v?r w?rk?d. I can't ?v?n b?gin to t?ll ??u how much fun I had with ??u. In Mexico ?nd ?l??ing S?rdin??. And thi? m?rning, ?nd all the ?th?r times. Th?? will b? great m?m?ri??."
"And we can make m?r?."
"Knox, in th? next two weeks I'll h?v? cell ??rvi?? for a total ?f tw?nt?-f?ur h?ur?, m??t of which I will b? w?rking," she said. "And you're going to be in a diff?r?nt ?it? ?v?r? ?th?r night. How i? thi? ?u?????d to w?rk?"
Knox ?t??d, running his h?nd? thr?ugh his h?ir. "But I ??n make ?ur? I am fr?? during th?t tim?."
"S? w? can t?lk f?r a few minut??? B?f?r? I h?v? t? g?t b??k to w?rk or ??u h?v? t? g?t t? ?n int?rvi?w?"
He turn?d t? f??? her, his expression ?h?wing h? wasn't willing t? giv? u? ??t. Sh? ?t??d ?nd ?l?wl? m?v?d towards him. "I h?d th? best time with ??u. L?t? ju?t l?t it b? th?t," she said.
H? gave her a pained look ?nd she h?d t? turn ?w??.
"If we tr? t? drag this ?ut, ?n? ?r both ?f us are g?ing to b???m? a burd?n to the ?th?r person," ?h? ??id.
"I ??uld n?v?r see ??u th?t w??," h? protested.
"But it will happen," ?h? said. She turned back t? f??? him. "You'll feel b?d th?t ??u ?r? t?? bu?? t? ??ll. I'll feel bad for constantly missing ??ur calls. We'll both f??l guilt? f?r ?utting ?ur ?h?n? ??nv?r??ti?n? ?h?rt wh?n w? have ?? mu?h t? ???. Ev?ntu?ll?, ?ft?r two months ?f ?h?rt conversations ?nd mi???d ??ll?, thi? will just be th?t thing w? f??l guilt? for dr???ing b???u?? life w?? t?? bu??." She ??uld t?ll h?r w?rd? w?r? g?tting through t? him.
"This cruise ?ll?w?d ??u t? t?k? a br??k from your bu?? ??h?dul? ?nd I'm ju?t h???? I g?t to g?t a littl? of ??ur tim?," ?h? ??id.
He walked towards h?r ?nd ?ull?d her int? hi? arms. Sh? took a d??? br??th in, tr?ing t? hold on t? the f??ling ?f hi? ?rm? ?r?und h?r ?nd th? w?? h? smelled, memories she ??uld store away.
"Y?u'r? right," h? said quietly. She l??k?d u? ?nd g?v? him a small ?mil?. "I gu??? we w?r? lu?k? t? b? in th? right ?l??? ?t th? right tim?."
"And n?w we'll h?v? ??m? gr??t memories," she said.
"I wi?h it didn't h?v? t? be lik? thi?."
"M? t??."
Th?? remained silent, h?lding ?n to ???h ?th?r, ?? th? ?k? ?t?rt?d t? brighten.
"L??k," ?h? ??id. Sh? unwr????d h?r ?rm? from ?r?und him ?nd ?ull?d him t? th? r?iling. They were silent ?? th?? w?t?h?d th? ?k? turn fr?m a ??l? ??ll?w to a bright orange, th? ??l?r? r?fl??t?d in th? w?t?r.
"Y?u w?r? right," he ??id. "This i? the b??t ?l??? t? w?t?h th? sunrise."
"Th?nk? f?r w?t?hing it with me."
"Th?nk? for inviting m?."
Sk? ??uld f??l so much h?nging in the ?ir ?? they b?th r??liz?d this was th? end. Th?r? was ?? mu?h she f?lt lik? ?h? could ???, but ?h? w??n't sure how t? ?ut it into w?rd?. Or if ?h? even w?nt?d to. St?nding there with him, w?t?hing th? ?un ri??, ???m?d lik? a g??d ?nd t? th?ir w??k.
"What tim? i? it?" h? asked.
She gl?n??d d?wn at h?r w?t?h. "Alm??t ?ix-thirt?. Wh?n d? ??u have t? l??v??"
