Please, Let This Last
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Ongoing, First published Apr 13, 2016
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"You don't know how tired I am," I said, wiping at my eyes that threatened to spill salty tears any second. 

"Tired of what?" He asked.

"Tired of lasts...of everything inevitably coming to a close. I don't want to move on."

"Then don't."

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Ryan Gallagher has survived most of high school and the rocky road travelled by students on their way to college, but as graduation draws nearer she can't decide if she's truly ready to move on and fears losing her best friends to time and separation.

She's experiencing lasts. The last spring break. The last prom. The last days to walk the hallowed halls of her high school. But when she meets a boy in a car incident, and later connects with him at a party, she wonders...will this last?

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Copyright 2016 Alyssa Lynn Writes.
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