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XXXVII
Their eyes met, and she had to dart them away immediately as she felt hot tears welling up again from inside her. She just got over the whole crying part, and thought there weren't any more left for her to cry out.
She tried to distract herself so she would not tear up in front of him. She looked down on her satin pajama shorts and tugged it down a little, realizing she haven't even taken a shower yet and that she probably looked like a t
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"What?" Jesse asked, it came off a pitch higher all with the pure, pleasant surprise. A smile was finally drawn in his beautiful face.K couldn't help but smile, too. Seeing Jesse finally a little relieved from all the negative emotions that washed over him earlier. There couldn't have been a more perfect timing for her to say it. "My name..." She trailed off. "IsKristen."
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It has been a solid five seconds, and K haven't responded to Jesse'squestion.Her lips were trembling, her thoughts incoherent as her mind was fully submerged into a ringing, white noise. She was catatonic, shocked and stunned to her core.
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