came at

stairs. Pl

eeping, or at least pretending to. But some part of me-the part that still reme

t and walked down

tea lights arranged in a massive heart shape. Soft music drifte

ticed immediately that he wasn't wearing his sling. He must have discarded i

motion. "I know things have been rough. I know I me

remember? The park? The rain? Yo

ndles. I felt like an audience member

" I s

OO

sparks showered the night sky, lighting up the dorm windo

t was expensive

lt comple

ou lik

didn't com

ablet, her thumb hovering over the volume control. She walked right in

"Gold is your favorite color, right? And I told Jax

ropped throu

Cat helped me set it up. She wan

nking her arm through his. "He was going to just buy ch

th a predator's gri

rateful. He looked at Catalina with awe, thankfu

s eyes wide and earnest.

s no us. There was never an us. There was only Jax an

," I said. My v

d. "Now, give her the rose, Jax. Kiss h

recting hi

extending the rose. "

g the invisible puppet strings attached to hi

for the sho

and walked back

. "Where are you going?

he stairs, the sound of thei

't pack the memory. I left the