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he
        was in my
                        room today

i don't know
why
or
how

but
        i
liked
        it

i liked having him in my bedroom

he was there
     when i got
   home
      from school

he sat on my
                        windowseat
                                            staring out my window

"hello"
            i spoke
to get his
               a t t e n t i o n

he turned to me
but said
            n o t h i n g

"what are you doing?"

"am i not allowed here?"

"well, i don't mind.
but my mom . . . won't she
hear you?"

"no. she won't know i'm here"

i sat next to him

i wanted
to hold
his hand

but
       i was
too
        a f r a i d
                        to
          reach
  for
         it

as if knowing
                     what was on
                                           my mind

he took my hand
in his
squeezing it
s o f t l y

"thank you"
   i
      nuzzled my
                        head
            into his
   shoulder

he smelt
   g o o d

he smelt
p u r e

he smelt
s w e e t

"tell me about tyler"

"he is my lab partner.
    i don't really know him
        very well"

"do you like him?"

"he's nice to me"

"isn't everyone at school
nice to you?"

"not everyone"

          he seemed
           to get
            irritated
             with this

"why is that?"

"i
don't
know"

"if anyone
is ever
mean to you
let me know
okay?"

I nodded
he would be upset
if i didn't

he does not
like it
when i
d i s a g r e e
with
him

we stayed there

just sitting

t o g e t h e r

i l o v e d it

i heard my mom
coming up the stairs
so i told troye

he didn't
seem
to
             c a r e

she knocked on my door
i got up
to a n s w e r it

"hi sweetheart,
are you ready for dinner?"

"yeah. i'll be down in a second"

troye was
r i g h t

she did not know he was there

because he left
without making
a
s o u n d

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