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o prove. Conversations overlapped, laughter came too quickly, too easily. It felt forced. Like everyone here had agreed to pretend they were havin
. She only came because Iris insisted. "Ten minutes," Aria had said earlier.
xhaled
er phone. No
h, where
past the Restroom, weaving through people who didn't notice he
meone?" She tur
other holding a drink. He looked relaxed, like
said. "Have y
allway. "I think she went t
. Tha
he felt it that pause, that slight
lway
oo long," he
spond. She jus
, the more the noise faded, replaced by something else stillness, almost. "Iris?" she call
t be doing this," Liam said.
Iris spoke. Her voice was
are you st
de Aria's chest tighten. She
another.And the
resting at Iris's waist. Not awkwardly. Not like
slowed, but s
, his head tilting just enough and the
n. Iris kis
like it was a mistake. Like i
ere, her mind
something inside her to rea
was just..
irst, his hand sti
't right,
didn't answer, He didn't move away either. Aria shifted her weight,
is's face changed insta
eared. At Iris's shoulders, tense in a way she had never seen before. At Liam,
ng?" Ar
was calm
t's not what it looks like," Do
the question
rward slightly.
. "You don't get to ex
gh to tell he
ly, more to keep her hands
understand somet
of the
efly at Iris, t
u chose..."Her vo
ou kept until yo
ed down i
aid no
ust long enough to sett
ded once
ease-" Iri
ned back
rather you tol
It didn't accuse. It d
r mouth, but n
ould say that would fix
wait for a
walked back d
the quiet behind her. By the time she reached t
was normal.She
cooler. Qu
breathing in slowly, letting
nto her bag and pu
at the top of her mess
s. The small, meaningless thin
ed over the scr
leted the e
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