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..."Are you okay?" he says, still looking at me, and I feel my smile slip, fade, and the silence that falls over us then is so total I can’t hear anything, not the rush-hiss of my heart pounding in my chest, not the sounds all around us; insects, wind, and the distant clatter of others’ lives in houses built close but not too close because when we look out our windows we all like to pretend that everything we see is ours. But Ryan is not mine.
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But the past couple of days I’ve missed you so much it’s felt like missing you is all I am.
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She became a story, one I have mostly forgotten. One I can't end because she died a long time ago.
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I'd forgotten how much feelings hurt.
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The thing about hearts is that they always want to keep beating.
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Talking about someone who makes you happy actually makes you happy.