Jake isn’t sure whether to turn his back. It’d be a little weird not to, because she is changing, and it’s not like they’ve kissed this week. But it’d be equally weird not to look: they are still technically going out.<\/p>\n
He ends up lamely flipping through her scrapbook again–an excuse not to watch, which turns out to be a mistake.<\/p>\n
“Here,” Ruth says behind him, and slips out the one of her on the escalator, hair in her mouth. She’s very beautiful. “I’d like you to have it.”<\/p>\n
“Thank you,” he says.<\/p>\n
“Wanting you is killing me,” he doesn’t.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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