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‘Better,’ he said, reaching out to smooth his thumb across my cheek.
I swallowed so hard I was sure he must have heard me.
‘I wanted to say that some of the things I have told you today, I have never spoken to anyone about. Not a single person.’
I nodded, the tiniest of movements. ‘I know. Me too.’
There was hardly any space between us. I could move my head the tiniest bit and we would be kissing, just like we had in my daydream.
‘And that I have been thinking, for a little while now, that I … that we might––’
His phone rang, filling the space.
He pulled back, sighing. ‘Good timing, non?’
I dabbed my forehead with the cuff of his hoodie, relieved, in a way, because I thought I knew what he was going to say and I wouldn’t have known how to reply. What I wanted to do and what I should do were two completely different things.
He fumbled around for his phone, blocking his other ear with his finger.
‘Oui?’
There was a moment or two of confusion on his face before he raised his eyebrows at me.
‘One moment, please,’ he said.
He held the phone out for me to take. ‘It is for you, Hannah. Your friend Ellie.’
