regs of my own coffee. "Now we

Pann's hummed, a soundtrac

ce low. "Seven years I've been her be

ee albums worth of songs about him. He probably thinks the

zed again. I

ad or anything! Jack and I just kinda... hap

arting to build beneath the numbness. H

to Noah. He read it,

ent yo

st

, then let out a short, harsh laug

his scre

blue, but you know how it is. Hope this doesn't make thi

e called seven years o

he words tasting like ash. "That

s, Em," Noah said, his

the rejection. More than the lost years. They hadn't just not loved us

k they've won. They think they're so clever, finally getting

curious about whe

forward, "we didn't just let them

e you su

ublic display?" He smirked. "What if w

then droppe

t married

ked. "

ashy, right in their faces. We know each other inside

s petty. It was... u

spread across my fa

d my own rising recklessness. "We can be miserable together, or we can be spect

ng one. I thought about all the times I'd rearranged my life f

powerful and a little terrifying.

tired eyes. "Excellent. To giving them something t

ne against i