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"I'll flash you if you let me walk away," I smile.
"Ten-second headstart," he decides. I lift up my shirt and he looks for a second.
"I'll count slow," he licks his lips and I lower my shirt and walk out of the hiding spot. I almost trip over Oaklee who lies on the floor like he's actually dead.
I walk by Abby who's trying to talk Roman out of shooting her.
Lincoln's using the bear-hug tactic against Maxon so that he can't shoot him. Which ends up failing.
Then Maxon comes for me but he's shot before he can get to me.
Grey.
His arms wrap around me from behind and I lean my head back against him in defeat. Roman shoots Abby and comes for us but Grey shoots him before he can even raise his gun again.
I turn around to him and look up at him. I look behind us to the leaderboard and we're the only two left.
Really?
"On the way back home, we need to stop by the store," I pause and shoot him, "and get more Fruity Pebbles."
He looks down at his now red vest and then back up at me. My mouth is wide open.
"I swear, I don't know who just shot you but I didn't see them, I was watching just to make sure and I never even saw anyone."
"Mhm," he kisses my temple.
"Mhm yeah, that's right! I killed you fella! You can't beat me! I wake up in the morning and I pee excellence," I quote Ricky Bobby.
We have two more rounds of the laser tag game. The second time I actually went around trying to kill people. I got shot within ten seconds so that the game didn't really last long. Then the third and final game, Abby and I really teamed up and we were two of the last five left.
So basically, we're the best there ever was.
"Oh Lord help me, it's raining cats and dogs," I look out the large windows in the lobby of the laser tag place.
Grey pulls me further into his side, tracing my hip with his finger.
"You're beautiful," he says and I let a smile grace my lips.
He takes a step back and stands in front of me. He leans down and wraps his arms around me.
"I'm still sorry Azalea," he mumbles, "about the way I talked to you. I can't stop thinking about it."
"You can't stop thinking about it?"
He lets his hands travel along the surface of my back before they stop, wrapped tightly around me.
"I don't deserve you," he kisses the spot under my ear. I get that he's made mistakes and everything but we've overcome those things.
"Why do you say that?" I ask him softly. He doesn't answer, never moving.
"Are you hungry? Let's go eat somewhere," I decide, pulling away and watching him reach forward for me again, not wanting to let go.
"Everything's okay now," I rub his lower back.
"I forgive you, you're okay," I reassure him.
"It's not okay," I feel him shake his head.
