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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlTtWeePoKD
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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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCUzkMxLRhd
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“It was a lunatic asylum?” he says. “So what is it now?”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINefNpn2N6
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“Ha, ha,” I say, leaning against the closest tree to block out the window.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxVVNr6Mxj
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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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlVccQylIFV
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“I wouldn’t worry about the ghosts,” he says, sitting down in front of me.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQRQFPlSPDg
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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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3c14uZQL8
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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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJkKwtWjf1H
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“What is it?” I gently squeeze his hand.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHVNAgeeuym
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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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQO6xZ0NOd4
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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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXxROAzZ3v
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He stands without letting go and helps me to my feet, smiling. “How can I refuse? I’ll show you.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNpeK7I4MyM
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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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQItY07nxlH
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He leads me unnoticed to a hidden away corner of the garden and gestures to some flowering shrubs.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKyBI3jbTD
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“Pretty,” I say, stepping toward them and smelling. They don’t smell like much.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL9fIdxsOg
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“Camellias,” he says. “I’ve been growing them for you.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCZCV2dAsW3
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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.”764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3QbQGpqeN
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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?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWMwLS1WRPL
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