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AND HE SPOKE WORDS

THAT WOULD MELT IN YOUR

HANDS, 

HE SPOKE WORDS OF WISDOM. 

the next day, i wake up next to niall. 

we were up until god knows when

talking about

e v e r y t h i n g. 

i missed him. 

i wipe the sleep from my eyes. 

and the sunlight hits my skin and makes

me look like i am glowing. 

and maybe.

maybe i am

glowing. 

niall told me even more about his life. 

how when he first kissed a boy

he just felt so right in that moment

like everything made sense. 

he said his name was kaleb 

and he said everything connected in that

moment. 

he said that his heart was broken that 

same moment too. because kaleb was very

very closeted and was the football team

star. pushed him off, and the feeling fizzled. 

but he knew from that point on. 

that made me smile. 

i remember i kissed my first boy when i 

was seventeen, on this journey of mine

just dropped out of highschool,

an older man named derek, had an expensive suit

and enough money to buy me a drink. 

i knew i loved men, everything about them. 

it was my time. 

when i whispered into his ear that i was a virgin, 

i could feel him tense. i remember him saying

that he wanted to take me. 

his expensive king sized bed was soft as he kissed me

everywhere, especially on my red, sinful mouth. 

i saw his wifes shoes at the closet and it made

me feel powerful. 

he

chose

me. 

and in the morning, i got my stuff, 

and was about to walk out the door of his

room, and i looked back. 

thanks

and i left. 

i had everything taken all at once. 

i was never really something i wasn't. 

i never had the experience of the innocence of 

a kiss with a crush. 

meaningless, glorious, sex. 

that's all i've ever known.

i think niall felt bad for me , in a way. 

having it all ripped away from me like that. 

i wouldn't have changed a thing. 

i walk out of the room 

and i literally run into louis

in the hallway. 

my cheeks heat up. 

"oops" 

"hi" 

we look at each other for a oment. 

"you have fun with niall last night?"

he wiggles his eyebrows. 

"oh god no, niall's great but we were just

talking. i've missed him."

louis nods. 

"i miss you." 

he looks down, and then walks past me

i'm not really sure what to say. 

so i go back into the room

from which i came

and i fall asleep

next to niall. 

(he is very warm, 

but it is not the same.) 




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