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"It will work out. It can work out. It just took me a second. I'm still scared to death, honestly. I'm not even sure I know what you're asking me. Are you talking about us being officially more than friends?"
He smiled and ducked to kiss me again. He let his mouth gently touch mine, and then pulled back just far enough to barely break contact.
"Yes, I'm talking about being more than friends, Hope. I don't want to be your friend anymore. I understand if you're not comfortable with coming over right away with AJ, but I don't want to hide it. I think our parents should definitely know. It's going to affect my plans or your plans… some of our plans will have to change."
"Are you referring to the fact that you're going back to Miami after summer?"
"Yes."
"I know. That's coming soon."
I leaned up and kissed his cheek after I said that. Our faces were still really close to each other, and it took no effort at all for me to stretch up and close the small gap. He squeezed me and leaned in, holding me there.
"It's coming too soon," he said. "And, I'm not looking forward to leaving you here, so we need to be thinking about what we're going to do."
I reached up and touched the side of his face. "That's hard because both of us have to work. You need to get back to Miami for your work, and I won't have work if I leave here."
"Just say you'll stay with me, and we can worry about the rest later," he said softly.
"I'll stay with you." I touched the side of his face again. I let my fingertips run across his hairline at his temple, marveling at how I loved everything about him. I felt electrical shocks in my fingertips as a result of touching his skin, and I smiled because of it. "I'll follow you, Charlie, wherever you ask me to go."
