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  t;
  ”i know. it's just that i know other people's thoughts. i know love and
  lust don't al the same pany.”
  ”they do for me. now, anyway, that they exist for me at all,” i sighed.
  ”that's hat ohing in o.” he sounded
  satisfied.
  ”your human instincts…” i begaed. ”well, do you find me
  attra that way, at all?”
  he laughed and lightly rumpled my nearly dry hair.
  ”i may not be a human, but i am a man,” he assured me.
  i yawned involuntarily.
  ”i've answered your questions, now you should sleep,” he insisted.
  ”i'm not sure if i .”
  ”do you wao leave?”
  ”no!” i said too loudly.
  he laughed, ao hum that same, unfamiliar lullaby; the
  voi argel, soft in my ear.
  more tired than i realized, exhausted from the long day of mental and
  emotional stress like i'd before, i drifted to sleep in his
  s.
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  15. the s
  the muted light of yet another cloudy day eventually woke me. i lay with
  my arm ay eyes, groggy ahirying to be
  remembered, struggled to break into my ess. i moaned and rolled
  on my side, hoping more sleep would e. ahe previous day
  flooded bay awareness.
  ”oh!” i sat up so fast it made my head spin.
  ”your hair looks like a haystack… but i like it.” his unruffled voice
  the rog the er.
  ”edward! you stayed!” i rejoid thoughtlessly threw myself across
  the room and into his lap. i that my thoughts caught up with
  my as, i froze, shocked by my own uhusiasm. i stared
  up at him, afraid that i had crossed the wrong line.
  but he laughed.
  ”of course,” he aled, but seeming pleased by my rea.
  his hands rubbed my back.
  i laid my head cautiously against his sh in the smell of
  his skin.
  ”i was sure it was a dream.”
  ”you're not that creative,” he scoffed.
  ”charlie!” i remembered, thoughtlessly jumping up agaio
  the door.
  ”he left an ho — after reattag your battery cables, i might
  add. i have to admit i oihat really all it would take
  to stop you, if you were determio go?”
  i deliberated where i stood, wantio him badly, but afraid i
  might have m breath.
  ”you're not usually this fused in the m,” he noted. he held his
  arms opeurn. a nearly irresistible invitation.
  ”i her human minute,” i admitted.
  ”i'll wait.”
  i skipped to the bathroom, my emnizable. i didn't know
  myself, i. the fa the mirror ractically a stranger
  — eyes tht, hectic spots of red ay es. after i
  brushed my teeth, i worked thteahat was
  my hair. i splashed my face with cold water, ao breathe
  normally, with no noticeable success. i half-ran ba.
  it seemed like a miracle that he was there, his arms still waiting for
  me. he reae, ahumped unsteadily.
  ”wele back,” he murmured, takio his arms.
  he rocked me for a while iil i his clothes
  were ged, his hair smooth.
  ”you left?” i accused, toug the collar of his fresh shirt.
  ”i could hardly leave ihes i — what would the neighbors
  think?”
  i pouted.
  ”you were very deeply asleep; i didn't miss anything.” his eyes gleamed.
  ”the talking came earlier.”
  i groa did you hear?”
  his gold eyes grew very soft. ”you said you loved me.”
  ”you k already,” i reminded him, dug my head.
  ”it was the same.”
  i hid my fast his shoulder.
  ”i love you,” i whispered.
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