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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 17:24:57 GMT -8
Hadley smiles, "Yes. I'm sorry... sometimes my insecurities get the best of me."
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 17:28:10 GMT -8
"No, don't be sorry. I doubt I explained it very well to begin with anyway. I'm much better with lyrics than conversation," Asher replies with a sheepish chuckle.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 17:43:34 GMT -8
Hadley giggles, "I think I am too." She sits down on the rail of the gazebo and looks up again at the sky through the small window in the roof, "It's so beautiful... I don't know how people don't believe in God. I mean this couldn't have all just been an accident." She meets his eyes, "I know that meeting you wasn't just happened stance."
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 17:48:23 GMT -8
Setting his hand on top of hers, Asher allows their fingers to mesh together. "You think?" he asks, staring up at the sky.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 17:54:45 GMT -8
"How could it be?" She asks as she looks up at him, "You coming into my life right when I need you... you being so wonderful... you accepting me for who I am... the fact that I felt comfortable telling you everything just minutes after meeting you? It couldn't possibly be an accident." She looks up at the stars, "More like a divine conspiracy."
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 18:02:15 GMT -8
"Divine conspiracy." Asher stifles a chuckle at the unique phrasing. "You Really think you need me?"
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 18:32:05 GMT -8
"I didn't know that I did." She says as she looks up at him. Her deep brown eyes meet his, "But I am finding out that I do."
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 18:41:52 GMT -8
"How?" Asher asks, a little confused at the statement. How could she need him? They just met. His exes never needed him, even the one who said she loved him. Most of the time, he doesn't believe his own family needs him. Why would this girl he just met need him if his own family doesn't?
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 18:47:34 GMT -8
"I don't know yet..." Hadley says honestly, "I know right now I need you because you make me feel like me. Like I can do anything. Be anything. That's why I blurted all my story to you the day we met. I can't explain it, Ash. I feel like I've known you my whole life. I feel safe with you. I feel like... like I can breathe for the first time." She reaches up and gently caresses his cheek, "I feel like I'm alive."
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 18:50:31 GMT -8
Asher takes a few deep breaths, hoping Hadley hasn't heard how fast his heart is pounding or how much his breathing picked up. It feels like a lot of pressure to put on someone on the first date. "I try," he mumbles, unsure how else to respond.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 18:53:51 GMT -8
Hadley laughs hesitantly, "You asked..." She looks down letting a few moments of silence pass between them. Finally she sucks in a deep breath, "So... what do you want to do now?" Internally she hopes her big mouth hasn't ruined the night
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:01:56 GMT -8
Asher shrugs. "I dunno. I'm fine staying here just talking if you want. Or we could go adventure somewhere else." He pauses before adding, "And I'm sorry if I made it super weird. I'm just... not really used to people flat out telling me they need me let alone telling me why they need me."
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:10:27 GMT -8
Hadley shrugs again, "Like I said, I feel like I can tell you anything... but if you don't want me to, I'll just keep my mouth shut." She looks down and fiddles with her ring.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:13:56 GMT -8
"No!" Asher rushes to respond before adding a calmer, gentler, "No, don't be sorry. Don't hold back. You trust me and that can be really hard to find. And, um, I think I trust you too."
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:16:01 GMT -8
"You think?" She smiles letting it hang in the air for a moment. She watches him as the moonlight washes over his face. She sighs trying to resist the urge to kiss him again.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:20:18 GMT -8
Asher winces. That came out wrong. Not what he meant. "I do. Trust you. Just sometimes hard to admit," he finally says, turning to look at her.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:25:40 GMT -8
She nods. She watches his face, for the hundredth time tonight getting lost in his eyes. She traces the lines on his palm, making a mental note of the patterns they make. She looks up again and then before she can talk herself out of it, she pulls him closer to her and kisses him.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:27:45 GMT -8
Asher allows himself to let go and leans into the kiss, arms wrapping around her and pulling her closer.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:30:52 GMT -8
Her hands move to his face as she gently pulls him closer, deepening the kiss.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:35:55 GMT -8
After a moment, Asher pulls away, his arms still wrapped around her.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:38:08 GMT -8
She is breathless as they part and she leans her head on his shoulder.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:39:32 GMT -8
"You said you feel like you could tell me anything, right?" Asher asks out of the blue.
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:41:12 GMT -8
"Yes." She says looking up at him.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:42:46 GMT -8
"Can I tell you anything too?"
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:44:47 GMT -8
"I want you too. I.. I hope you can."
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:48:36 GMT -8
Asher takes a breath before he speaks. "I've told you a little about my family, but there's actually a lot that people don't see about my family."
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 19:50:29 GMT -8
"What do you mean?" She asks as she sits up and turns her body to face him.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 19:59:21 GMT -8
"I have twelve siblings, Hadley. We're gonna have secrets and messes and issues. Most of them aren't biologically related to me in anyway. I have three step siblings and six adopted siblings. One of my sisters just got back from rehab. Another got out of a pretty bad relationship. There's a lot going on in my family that people don't see. Nobody knows that my step sister even had a problem let alone needed rehab."
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Post by Dani on Mar 10, 2019 20:01:55 GMT -8
Hadley listens, a little confused as to where he is going with this.
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Post by starletinwaiting on Mar 10, 2019 20:05:52 GMT -8
Asher pauses, looking at Hadley for a moment. "I'm sorry. I'm making this weird again. I just... wanted you to know that I trust you too."
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