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forwardandnotlookbackanymore.canyouunderstandthat?"

heshookhisheadandtriedtokeephisvoicesteady."notreally.notifitmeanslosingyou.ican'tdothatagain."

shedidn'tsayanythingbutloweredherhead.noahwenton:"couldyoureallyleavemewithoutlookingback?"

shebitherlipassheanswered.hervoicewasbeginningtocrack."idon'tknow.probablynot."

"wouldthatbefairtolon?"

shedidn'tanswer.insteadshestoodup,wipedherfaceandwalkedtotheedgeoftheporchwheresheleanedagainstthepostandwatchedthewaterbeforeansweringquietly:"no."

"itdoesn'thavetobelikethis,allie,"hesaid."we'readultsnow,wehavethechoicewedidn'thavebefore.we'remeanttobetogether.wealwayshavebeen."hewalkedtohersideandputhishandonhershoulder."idon'twanttolivetherestofmylifethinkingaboutyouanddreamingofwhatmighthavebeen.staywithme,allie."

tearsfilledhereyes."idon'tknowifican,"shewhispered.

"youcan.allie...ican'tlivemylifehappilyknowingyou'rewithsomeoneelse.thatwouldkillapartofme.whatwehaveisrare.it'stoobeautifultojustthrowitaway."

afteramomenthegentlyturnedhertowardshim,tookherhandsandstaredather,willinghertolookathim.alliefinallyfacedhimwithmoisteyes.afteralongsilence,noahbrushedthetearsfromhercheekswithhisfingers.hisvoicecaughtashesawwhathereyesweretellinghim."you'renotgoingtostay,areyou?"hesmiledweakly."youwantto,butyoucan't."

"oh,noah,"shesaidasthetearsbeganagain,"trytounderstand—"

heshookhisheadtostopher."iknowwhatyou'retryingtosay—icanseeitinyoureyes.butidon'twanttounderstandit,allie.idon'twantittoendthisway.idon'twantittoendatall.butifyouleave,webothknowwe'llneverseeeachotheragain."

sheleanedintohimandbegantocryharderasnoahfoughtbackhisowntears.hewrappedhisarmsaroundher.

"allie,ican'tforceyoutostaywithme.butnomatterwhathappensinmylife,i'llneverforgettheselastcoupleofdayswithyou.i'vebeendreamingaboutthisforyears."

hekissedhergently,andtheyembracedastheyhadwhenshefirstgotoutofhercartwodaysago.finallyallielethimgoandwipedhertears."ihavetogetmythings,noah."

hedidn'tgoinsidewithher.insteadhesatdownintherocker,spent.hewatchedhergointothehouseandlistenedasthesoundofhermovementsfadedintonothing.sheemergedminuteslaterwitheverythingshe'dbroughtandwalkedtowardshimwithherheaddown.shehandedhimthedrawingshehaddoneyesterdaymorning."here,noah.imadethisforyou."

noahtookthedrawingandunrolleditslowly.

theimageintheforeground,whichoccupiedmostofthepage,wasapictureofhowhelookednow.noahnoticedthatshehadpencilledineverydetailofhisface.itwasalmostasifshe'dcopieditfromarecentphotograph.thesecondimagewasthefrontofthehouse.thedetailtherewasalsoincredible,asifshehadsketcheditwhilesittingbeneaththeoaktree.

"it'sbeautiful,allie.thankyou."heattemptedasmile."itoldyouthatyouwereanartist."shenodded,herfacecastdownwards,herlipspressedtogether.itwastimeforhertogo.

theywalkedtohercarslowly,withoutspeaking.whentheyreachedit,noahembracedheragainuntilhecouldfeelthetearswellingupinhisowneyes.hekissedherlipsandbothcheeks,thenwithhisfingersoftlybrushedtheplaceshe'dkissed.

"iloveyou,allie."

"iloveyou,too."

noahopenedhercardoorandtheykissedonemoretime.thensheslidbehindthewheel,nevertakinghereyesfromhim.sheputthepacketoflettersandherhandbagnexttoherontheseatandfumbledforthekeys,thenturnedtheignition.itstartedeasilyandtheenginebegantoturnoverimpatiently.itwasalmosttime.

noahpushedherdoorclosedwithbothhandsandallierolleddownthewindow.shereachedoutherhandandnoahtookitforjustamoment,movinghisfingerssoftlyagainstherskin.

"staywithme,"noahmouthedwithoutsound,andthisforsomereasonhurtmorethanalliewouldhaveexpected.thetearsbegantofallhardnow,butshecouldn'tspeak.reluctantly,shelookedawayandpulledherhandfromhis.sheputthecaringear.

hefellintoanalmosttrancelikestateashewatcheditrollslowlyforwards,thegravelcrunchingunderthewheels.slowlythecarturnedtowardstheroadthatwouldtakeherbacktotown.noahfeltdizzyatthesight."don'tgo!"hewantedtoshout.buthedidn'tsayanything,andaminutelatertheonlyremainingsignsofherwerethetracksthathercarhadleftbehind.

shewasgone.foreverthistime.forever.heclosedhiseyes.

drivingwithtearsinhereyeswasdifficult,butalliewentonanyway.shekeptthewindowrolleddown,thinkingthefreshairmighthelpclearhermind,butitdidn'tseemto.nothingwouldhelp.shewastired,andshewonderedifshewouldhavetheenergysheneededtotalktolon.andwhatwasshegoingtosay?shehopedthatsomethingwouldcometoherwhenthetimecame.bythetimeshereachedfrontstreet,shehadherselfalittlemoreundercontrol.trafficwaslightandshehadtimetowatchstrangersgoingabouttheirbusinessasshedrovethroughnewbern.ataservicestation,amechanicwaslookingunderthe

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