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Visitor

I was sitting there and the knife was sitting on my desk from the other day I brought it up. I walked toward it and picked it up. The doorbell rung and I set the knife down. I went downstairs and opened the door. It was Lauren.
“Hey Ryan, I thought we could… hang out?” she said the last part in a shy kind of voice.
I nodded my head and let her inside. Parents weren’t home, so I was kind of safe on that part. They are never home. They don’t get home until maybe 10:00.
“So, what have you been up to?” I said and sat down on the couch in the living room.
“Nothing. Just been bored.” she replied and sat down next to me. I looked over at her and it was like a magnet between my eyes and her.
“So… w-what um…. what do you want to do?” I asked.
Why did I ask that? I do not know.
“I-I don’t know.” She replied with a shaky voice and set her head up against my shoulder. I put my arm around her and started to realize…
She is all I need to be complete...
We both looked at each other and leaned in closer….

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