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“You see us that far ahead into the future?”

“I’ve always imagined you that far into the future, but it’s only been a dream of mine. This is the first time it’s been an actual possibility.”

Nick reached for my hand, and I took it. “I’d love to travel more with you one day. I’d like to think this is only one of many trips.”

My heart beat a little harder as I played with his long fingers. I wanted that more than anything in the world.

Chapter 34

Nick

Day 21

Our last two days had been as amazing as the rest of our trip. We did more hiking and swam underneath gorgeous waterfalls. We had more sex and gave each other morning blow jobs, trying to get in as much touch as we could before we had to separate. When we returned to Vienna, I’d make sure to sneak in more before heading back to school.

Logan and I broke down camp in the late morning after our coffee and a light breakfast of eggs and grilled bread. We’d barely said a word to each other, not that we were angry, but our moods had dropped significantly. Well, at least for me. Logan might have been a tad angry, since he was constantly fucking intense when things weren’t going his way.

He punched clothes into his backpack as if the bag had insulted him somehow. Then he tossed washed pans and our tin dishes into the box they were stored in, clanging loudly through the quiet campground.

At one point, Logan stubbed his sandaled toe on a rock and cursed at life.

All I could do was watch him and smile. Before, I would’ve gotten tense right along with him, but now I’d come to know him, and his mood wasn’t really personal or directed at me.

He sat his ass down for a second, rubbing his sore toe and mumbling obscenities. I squatted in front of him and looked at it. He’d cracked the toenail, and it was bleeding a little, but it wasn’t too bad.

“Are you all right?” I asked.

“Fucking perfect.”

He looked away, but I grabbed his face with my hand by his jaw and forced him to look at me. Sometimes I had to take the upper hand to calm him the fuck down.

When our eyes met, I leaned forward and gave him a deep kiss with tongue. I didn’t do it to turn us on, although my dick took notice, but to make a point and to distract him.

Logan fisted my T-shirt, not to shove me away, but his body was tense as hell.

When I broke us apart, he gasped and then glanced around the campgrounds. “What the hell are you doing?”

“No one fucking cares, Logan. No one even noticed. People are generally too busy with their own lives to be bothered by someone else’s. Not everyone. Some people can’t fucking help themselves. But right here and now, no one’s even looking our way.”

“You did it to prove that to me?”

“I did it because I wanted to kiss you and distract you. But I also wanted to show you I’m not going anywhere. This isn’t over for us. Do you understand?”

His entire body just melted when I cupped his scruffy face. His hazel eyes were so full of frustration, yet there was love that he directed at me.

“I’m just full of conflicting emotions right now.”

“I know you are, baby.”

“It’s not always easy for me to process… It’s getting fucking annoying.”

“Do you want to talk about it?”

He shook his head. “Not really.”

“Okay.” I stood and touched his face once more to show him I was there when he needed me.

Once we had the car loaded up, we drove out of the campgrounds and found a gas station in town to fill up before we drove to Stanford. The drive wouldn’t be long, only four hours. In fact, it was too short. I needed more time alone with Logan.

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