“Nothing,” I said. “Just... the wind.”But something told me that dinner was the calm before the storm.And the storm was getting closer.We got in, and I walked her to her room. We stood inside there for a long moment, just breathing together.Finally, she tugged on my hand. "Lie down with me? Just for a little while?""No, I can’t," I said.Her face fell. “You don’t really like me, do you?”“No, it's not that.”But she removed her hands from mine and walked towards her bed.“I get it. I’m not like your former girlfriend. You are still thinking about her, right?”“No way. She is my past.”“But you are not over her yet,” she continued.I scratched my hair and was thinking of how best to handle this.“Listen, Denise, I…”“It's okay, Luke. You can go back to your room. Thanks for tonight.”“No, Denise, don’t do that.”She was dismissing me from her presence, and I fear, from her life too, and I don’t want that. I’ll be damned if I allow that.“Do what?” she asked, standing askance.“You
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