What do you see in a guy like Christian Prescott?" he asked me that night when he dropped me off from prom. And what he was really saying then, what would have come through loud and clear if I hadn't been so blind was, why don't you see me?
Cynthia HandSilver Avalanche coming up the driveway," calls Jeffrey from upstairs.
"What are you, security?" I call back.
What did you think I was?"
"A rude Hick."
"Geez, blunt much?
I'm looking at you. Why are you always trying to hide how pretty you are?
Cynthia HandTag: angel-lore
Insert the biggest, most awkward silence in the history of big awkward silences.
Cynthia HandAnd sometimes time really does stop.
Cynthia HandFine.” He smirks at me. “Nice to meet you, Carrots,” he says, looking directly at my hair. “Oh, I mean Clara.”
My face flames.
“Same to you, Rusty,” I shoot back, but he’s already striding away.
Think about a good memory, she whispers in my mind. Remember a moment when you loved him.
And just like that, I do.
"What did the fish say when it hit a concrete wall?" he asked me. We're sitting on the bank of a stream and he's tying a fly onto my fishing rod, wearing a cowboy hat and red lumberjack-style flannel shirt over a gray tee. So adorable.
"What?" I say, he grins. Unbelievable of how gorgeous he is. And that he's mine. He loves me and I love him.
"Dam!" he says.
Dude. Hot Bozo. Best nickname ever.
Cynthia HandTag: funny unearthly bozo cynthia-hand
Insert the biggest, most awkward silence in the history of big awkward silences. I stare at him. I'm suddenly exhausted by all the lies I've told him. He's my friend, and I lie to him every day. He deserves better. I wish I could tell him then, more than anything I've ever wanted. I wish I could stand in front of him and truly be myself and tell him everything. But it's against the rules.
Cynthia HandTag: paranormal-romance angel
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