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Can't Pretend

The next morning I woke up as soon as Sarah springed off the couch. "Good morning." I said as I fixed my coat. "I, uh, I don't know why I fell asleep on you. I'm sorry." She said. I smiled and said "It's totally fine." We went to a 7/11 and picked up some hot dogs and jumbo sodas, and then she called an Uber back to the town with the ferry. We were able to actually purchase ferry tickets that time, and we sat outside on the top deck on the floor and had some small talk. "At least we completed the mission." Sarah said in her french accent, "You know, you weren't as bad as I thought you were." "Well what did you expect, a kook princess, bubble wrap queen?" "Yeah something like that." I replied. "You know, you weren't what I expected either, for starters you are totally ADD, completely all over the place, and I thought you were just a laid back surfer stoner, but turns out you are a really good guy." "Cheers to breaking expectations." She said holding her drink up. "Salut." I said as I toasted to her a took a sip of my coke. "So whats gonna happen when we get back?" I asked nervously. "With what?" She replied. "Well uh-" "With this? Well nothing changes I guess. I'll go back to the bubble." She said. "With Topper?" I asked. "Yeah, but I had a really great day." She said with a sigh. When we got off the boat and were walking on the dock, Sarah said "So now that we have returned home to the motherland, we must revert to our true identities." "Ah yes, if I see you on the street, I am just Vlad." "It's been a pleasure working with you comrad." She said as she shook my hand. "The pleasure is mine." I said looking in her eyes, my heart beating faster and faster. She started to walk away and I stood there, feeling like I had to do something. "Wait, wait. Uh, really? That's it? You're really gonna act like this never happened?" I shouted to her. "That's what professionals do." She replied. "But i just had the best day of my life, Sarah." "John B, you're gonna blow our cover." She said smiling. "Look, I don't care if I blow my cover. I don't care if my friends find out, or your boyfriend with his frosted tips. Yesterday I didn't even know who you were, and today, I'm like Sarah Cameron. And in my experience thats like eclipse rare. I can't pretend like this didn't happen, I'm sorry." She ran up to me and stared me in the eyes and said "I can't either." I slowly leaned in, my heart beating out of my chest, our lips touching, at first just a kiss, evolving into a deep make out. She wrapped hey arms around my neck, and pushed her lips in closer, and I finally felt at peace. Some guy came by and shouted "Get a room." and Sarah flicked him off. She pulled her lips away and leaned her forehead right on mine, with both us being soaking wet by now from the rain, and she smiled and said "Um, it's, a , uh, small island," I pushed her hair away from her face and nodded, "So we have to be careful." "Yeah." I said. She kissed me one last time and we walked our separate ways. The smile was plastered onto my face as I watched her walk away. Pure happiness was running through my veins.