FIN PT. 2

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*Her*

I spent that Christmas with
Adam
Kat
and Jonathan

Curled up in front of the fire
as I watched Adam
laugh at
Kat and Jonathan
surprising each other with gifts
that me and Adam both knew,

they had already anticipated.

Adam gave me one last present.

"Just a thank you, another one,"

He hands the medium sized box, and I tear apart the wrapping
as Kat
Jonathan
and Adam looked on in anticipation.

Inside was a copy of
The Catcher In The Rye
and a Polaroid camera.

"I already used it," He adds, chuckling slightly.

Underneath, there was a Polaroid
of a a snowflake.

I knew what it meant.

I smile at him as
wide as I possibly could.

"I wish I could've given you such an important gift."

"You being here, smiling, is just enough,"

I blush.
He does too.

Kat jumps to my side.
"Open the book! Open it, open it,"

I open the book
on the inside cover
he wrote,

"Because I've realized that I'm just like Holden, like my teacher told me,
I want to protect you.
But in the end it's you who might just save me instead."

I hope so.

I know I have a while until
I completely save him from himself.

But I wouldn't mind it.

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