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Mrs. Kirk’s words echo in my head once more. She’s right. I would be a dick to not try to work things out with her just because I’m the one who got hurt this time. Brittany is everything. I’d be stupid and crazy to let her go a second time. I’m kidding myself if I think that this mistake of hers is enough for me to walk away. I’ve listened to her every I hate you and didn’t let it deter me. There isn’t a single thing in this universe that I want more than her. Not to mention that if I give up, I almost feel like I would be abandoning her again.
I love her too much, even now.
She opens the door to her car; my time is running out.
“Britt, wait!”
She turns, but doesn’t come back to me.
“Do you still hate me?”
Brittany shakes her head.
I start walking toward her. “Do you trust me?”
“I want to.”
“Do you still love me?”
She gulps, searching my gaze for clues and probably wondering why I’m asking. “Yes,” she whispers.
“Then we’ll figure out a way to make us work again.”
Her lips part, and she doesn’t seem to believe me. “Really?”
I nod. “All the good stuff never comes easy, remember?”
She gives me a small smile. “I think we’ve been through enough that we should get the good stuff already.”
“We will soon enough,” I promise.
“Thanks, Trace. I’m going to head out now and let you finish. Talk soon?”
“Of course.”
I watch her leave and then start mowing again. Finally, finally, I feel like we’re on track to become us again. There are a lot of kinks, dents, and tarnishes to work out, but if we’re both putting forth the effort, everything should fall into place.
‘Should’ being the key word.
“Are you out of your funk yet?” Ben asks when I answer his phone call.
“Yeah. Why?”
“Because it’s Saturday and I don’t have a date.”
I laugh. “So, you’re calling me? I hate to disappoint you, but I’m not taking you out.”
“Bastard. I’ll remember this. That’s not exactly why I was calling, though. You remember that promise you made me about setting me up with your girl’s friend? I’m calling that in. Call Brittany and let’s go on a double date.”
“I don’t even know if her friend is single.”
“Then find out and call me back.” Without waiting for a response, he hangs up.
Before I can think about it too much, I call Brittany.
“Hello?”
“Hey. Are you busy?”
