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They didn't talk much that first day in the park. They sat in an unfiltered silence. He read and she looked off into the distance trying to find a good shot.
When she started to open her mouth to speak he pulled out a pack of Marlboros. Curiosity ran through her veins for the second time that day. She had never once done anything she shouldn't. All of a sudden, in that exact moment, she decided it would be fun to break just one rule.
"Can I have one?" she whispered, her voice barely audible. She was embarrassed to ask for gifts from a man she didn't know.
He looked down at her floral printed dress and laughed. He told her she obviously didn't smoke.
She smiled then, feeling a strange sense of calm hit her. She reached over and took a cigarette from his pack.
"Maybe you could teach me."
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tattoos and photos
Short Storyshe took pictures to express her art, he inked his skin to express his.
