Will tells me he couldn’t find me the previous night, even though he kept searching. I feel a prickle of guilt. I should have found him last night and told him to go back to his dormitory.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXE15Ld5mNL
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I’m afraid of what he might think of me, but I still tell him about the classroom and ask for his opinion. I hesitantly tell him Roanna’s idea about the psychiatric hospital.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpe7IY6HUC9
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2Y4Le1IVB
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLjiDmj2Wx
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I would prefer to hang out with Will indoors, but he prefers to be outside—even in the rain. He’s a complete nutter, but that’s probably what I love most about him.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcwUHcXg7c
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XwGf2Z9Dd
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“You didn’t see them, though.” I shudder as the scene flashes before my eyes. “I will never again roll my eyes when someone has a ghost sighting.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4oXVDWskt
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Will closes the space between us and laces his fingers through mine. They feel light and cool. He looks like he’s about to say something but closes his mouth and turns away.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwD07m4aDy
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBYsnL1QNh
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He looks at me as if deliberating and finally says, “I have a surprise for you. I wasn’t going to show you until the spring.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVXXBSWdO6
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“Oh, what is it?” I say, glad for a distraction and warmed at the thought that Will has something for me. “I suck at being patient. Please tell me.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGMePFFBFH7
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl99OHdCmtc
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We walk hand-in-hand through the grounds, but none of the other students spares us even a glance. It isn’t that I want attention, but it surprises me that nobody is the least bit curious about the girl Will Poynter is holding hands with.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDUOBe6PL7
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGt5PjQVsQT
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpKdrpsuohR
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH55HLT6AlK
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I stare at him, my eyes filming over. Nobody has ever done anything half as sweet for me. I want to tell him so, but instead, I just say, “Thank you.”727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hLeOcRiDy
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He leans like he’s about to kiss me, but then pulls away at the last moment. The pounding of my pulse fizzles into disappointment. You would think two years is long enough, wouldn’t you?727Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaR13Ok0m5L
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