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Every Rose
Book: Every Rose Read Online Free
Author: Lynetta Halat
Tags: Romance
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together, I want to know that it's different for you. That I'm different from the boys you date.”
    I heard my sharp intake of breath. There it was. He was back. Hadn’t I known that he really hadn’t gone anywhere, though? He didn’t skip a beat.
    “Lorraina, you had to have known that I was bluffing when I acted like I was over you. I have your initials tattooed on my arm. I have your face tattooed in my brain. I have your soul tattooed in my heart.”
    “Damn it, Michael! What the hell?!” I demanded as loudly as I could without being discovered. Why did my heart do that thing again? “You’re the one who’s oblivious. We. Will. Never. Be. Together. I’m sorry, but that’s the way it is. If we can’t just be fr—”
    “You know. I really hate it when you cuss. It’s very unbecoming. You’re far too beautiful to be that foul. Besides, didn’t you learn your lesson about profanity last school year?”
    Of course that was the part he heard! How many times over the years had I begun that sentence only to be silenced with his acquiescence or deflection? “I’ve gotta go. I don’t feel very well.”
    “K. Call me tomorrow, K?
    “Yeah. OK.”
    As I was lowering the receiver, I heard him whisper, “I love you, Lorraina. Only you. Forever.”
    “Fuuuuuck!” I screamed inside my head. It reverberated throughout my body and I pushed the air of my lungs forcefully, throwing myself back on my bed. I promptly curled into a ball and cried myself to sleep. I kept asking myself why I was crying. But I had no idea, which brought a new round of tears.
    I jolt awake, look at the clock, and blink; it’s two in the morning. I run my hand over my chest. I must have dozed off thinking about him because he has just starred in the most unexpected, shockingly pleasant dream I’ve ever had. My heart is beating rapidly, and my throat aches for a drink of water. I grab the glass beside my bed and drain it of its contents in one gulp. I take a deep, steadying breath, trying to hold tight to the images from my dream. It wasn’t the first time I’d dreamt of him over the years. It was, however, the first time I’d dreamt a dream like that. Huh, I thought only guys dreamt like that.
    Chapter Four
    Gotta Get It All out on Paper
    Since I can’t go to back to sleep and can’t get into one of the books I had purchased, I decide to do something I haven’t done in years. I reach into the back of my nightstand to find my journal. I open it up and thumb through my memories from my senior year of high school. Just as I had hoped, there was plenty of blank paper because I had stopped journaling shortly before graduation. So many memories were fighting to get through that I felt the need to get them down on paper.
    It was the craziest feeling. I was seeing Michael in a whole new light—one where doubt and fear didn’t plague my every emotion where he was concerned. For years, I struggled with my need for him. I never was quite sure where I stood. I loved him being my best friend. At times, I wanted him to be more than that, though. Every time I thought about giving into that desire, he would do something that would make me doubt that it would be good for me. His intensity scared me, yet I couldn’t walk away.
    I had already made up my mind what I wanted out of tomorrow, well tonight. Now, I just had to bide my time and figure how to handle the impending situation. Writing out my memories might just help me do that. I quickly write down my memory from before I had fallen asleep. Then, I move on to the first time I’d ever heard his name.
    It was early in my eighth grade year, and my brothers and I were waiting at the bus stop. I was reading some Nancy Drew, an d they were seeing how far they could throw their rocks across the road. Suddenly, Jerome is standing beside me. I look up and demand, “What?”
    He says, “Don’t be mad at me, but I forgot that I was supposed to tell you something.”
    “OK. I promise I won’t be mad.
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