A small white flash in the corner of my eye and automatically my head snaps to the body that sits next to me. It’s him. I don’t know why but I feel like shrinking. He’s here, next to me, and simply staring.

And then he smiles.

I smile back.

And somewhere in between that—we both fell hard.

For each other, that is.

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