Bye-Bye Jerk, Hello Mr. Right by Rosie Steppe

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Hayden and I stood by the river, listening to the water while the wind whipped through the trees.

After a while, my legs started giving out. I was exhausted.

"What's wrong?" Hayden asked.

"I need to sit. My legs are sore," I admitted.

Without missing a beat, he scooped me up by the waist, carrying me over to a big rock like I weighed nothing. Even though he did stuff like this all the time, I still acted shy. "I can walk, you know."

He raised an eyebrow. "Didn't you just say your legs were sore? How're you gonna walk?"

I stuck out my tongue and let him win that one.

He set me down, then sat beside me, but b I could scoot closer, his arm hooked around my waist and pulled me right into his lap. What was he up to now?

he whispered in my ear,

a more thoughtful boyfriend

boyfriend," I said, giving him a quick kiss. But the second my lips touched his, something felt off. There was this faint trace of tobacco.

came to the river by

pulled back, Hayden sighed, "I won't smoke anymore. Today was

my head. "You don't have to quit for

me, his

I said it, a weird sadness crept in. My chest tightened, and I felt that familiar sting of tears. "Hayden,

feel so distant, but suddenly, I couldn't wait for

throat bobbing as

still hadn't finished. I'd stopped reading halfway through, unable to bring myself

parents' accident?" I asked, resting

a low voice, "It's over now.

knew he was worried I'd break down again. "I'm not

I said that, the thought of those pictures made me shudder. So instead, I asked him, "Can

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what?"