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I follow him back to the pond. I jump in. This time I landed on my feet, but I tripped and fell flat on my face. WHAM!  I heard him laughing behind me. " hey! That's not funny!" I say embarrassed " ok ok, sorry " he says smiling and helps me up. We both stare at each other for a while. I Finally get to notice every detail in his face. He looks.... handsome. The water dripping from his hair, the dews of water on his eyelashes, oh and his eyes, they were like fire, his beautiful crimson red eyes were staring into mine.... " s-stop staring at me, you're making me uncomfortable!" He blurts out. He Walks away still holding on to my wrist, pulling me with him. He takes me to the living room and we sit on the couch. He puts his hand in his pocket and pulls out a picture and hands it to me. I see three boys, and a woman. The boy on the left looks about 9 and the boy on the right looks about 10 years old. The boy in the middle is obviously Jayden. The woman appears to be their mother. I look up at him. " that's my family." He says frowning. " this picture looks fine. What wrong with it?" I say " he points to the boy on the left, who has brown hair. " that's one of my brothers, he came through game with me but..." he says " but what?" I said. he scratched the back of his head. " but... he died last year." He says looking like he's about to cry. " oh... sorry for asking, but how'd he die?" I ask " I failed to protect him... that all you need to know." He says covering his eyes. " I'm sorry... for your loss." I said " also, I know this is personal, still, but where's your dad in this picture?" I ask " "'he died when I was four."  " oh....." I say. " it's getting late... we should head to bed." He says " but what about dinner?" I say " make it yourself... I'm going to bed." I get up and head to his room. When I finally make it, I lay down in bed and just think. What was that moment we had? Was it just a moment to me? Does just not like me? Maybe. But it's not like he'll ever tell me... if he did. WAIT..... do I... Like him? There's no way.... I decide to stop thinking and rest my eyes. Soon enough, I fall asleep.

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