What were you thinking when Trevor had that gun to your head?”
“That I was going to die.” I said sounding too sarcastic to actually cover up that I was thinking something much different.
“Well, I know that…but when you heard him start to pull the trigger your face changed. I watched it as I pulled the trigger on him.” He said his body still tense against mine.
“I was thinking why the hell you hadn’t saved me yet.”
“Sure you were. That’s not what I saw in your face.” He noted as his body relaxed.
I turned to look at him again and our faces were barely an inch apart. “Then you know what I was thinking, so why are you asking?
— Cassandra Giovanni
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