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         Alice lightly slipped her fingers away from his hair, her cheeks turning a rosy color as she feels his lips press against it. "I will always listen to you.." she spoke in a hushed tone, her teeth sinking into her lower lip as she grew suddenly anxious. "I-I'm sorry if that hurt.." her face fell to look at the ground while her hand took his, her voice soft and fading "I'm sorry.." She couldn't help but let a tear fall down her cheek as she remembered her friend, the separation, the fact she had left in order to not hurt her. Alice hand the tendency to cry often, although she hid it well. She knew Rhiley would be able to see right through her little lie. It was rare she cried around people and rarely was it a person she had just met. In fact, she hadn't spoken to many people much in her life. It was very surprising to the girl that she had hit it off so well with Rhiley, opening up to him more than she had opened up to her parents, and Ariel. She continued to bite her lower lip nervously as the tears began to stain her cheeks, pooling at the back of her hands as they dripped off her jaw, staining the pale white skin at her hands. The memory was killing her and she had hope Rhiley would not notice. Her breathing felt different, staggering in short breaths as she awaited his reaction to her emotions.