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His lips don’t meet mine for a kiss, though, and my arms hang limp at my sides.
“What’s wrong?” He looks into my eyes. “Why are you crying?”
“I’m not. I have allergies.”
“Okay.” He wipes my cheeks with his fingertips. “What caused these sudden allergies?”
My father’s words about “struggling to make friends” are now playing in my head. Not that I want to give him any credit, but he’s right, and Idoknow why.
I keep every person in my life at a distance to protect myself. I don’t want to get hurt if they decide to change personalities on me like he has or if they unexpectedly pass away like my mom. My skating career brings enough pain and stress to my heart, and I’m not a masochist.
“Tell me.” Travis kisses my forehead.
“I don’t think I’m in a good place for a relationship right now,” I say. “I’m going through a lot and you are too. Your sister recently lost both of her parents.”
“They were my parents, too.”
“I can only imagine that level of pain since I’ve only lost my mom, but Penelope still cries in her sleep,” I say, leaving out the part when I overheard her last night and couldn’t help but hug her until she stopped. “I mean, that’s what it seems like from afar, and you should be there for her.”
“What are you trying to say, Tatiana?”
“A lot.”
He stares at me, confused.
“You shouldn’t be dating,” I say. “Neither of us should be and there’s more important things in life, so…” I can’t think of a good way to wrap up this line of thought, so I stop talking.
“I’m in a shit ton of pain,” he says. “And I’m there for Penelope in the best and only way that I can be right now. As far as ‘more important things in life, the only thing that makes me feel like my life is worth living is standing right in front of me, threatening to take it all away.”
“Travis—”
“For no fucking reason.” He stamps his mouth over mine and kisses me, making me regret ever suggesting that we end this. When he finally pulls away, he whispers, “Are your dad and Elaine doing something reckless again?”
I nod.
“Do you want me to handle it with my fists?”
“No, Travis.” I smile.
“In that case, I’ll handleyouwith my mouth later, but can you please tell me what happened without threatening to break up with me?”
He doesn’t give me a chance to answer. Instead, he kisses me again, a lot softer this time, until all my tears have dried.
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THE SNARKY GLOVE
#1 UFC & MMA GOSSIP SOURCE FOR FANGIRLS
Dearest Fans,
It’s official.
Travis Carter is (GASP) a married man!
According to our sources, he and former figure-skating champion Tatiana Brave eloped this weekend outside of Vegas.
Our most dedicated fangirls will undoubtedly recognize this woman as his youngest sister’s fiercest & most-hated competitor on the ice, so we have to assume that time has thawed relations between those two.
