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{“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, love like you'll never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.” ― William W. Purkey }

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"Well, some things are unpredictable, Lacey. Even I'm scared of telling the truth sometimes. Unlike you, I've never been the greatest at expressing my emotions out loud..." Lacey chuckled as he held her hands once more. She looked at their fingers intertwined before looking back at him. "I usually save that for songwriting." Lace rolled her eyes with a small smirk on her face. But, she soon lost her smirk when Davey looked down and sighed. When he looked back up at her, her eyes begging him to say something. She wasn't used to this, being in a relationship that she had no idea what to do. She always played the friend who gave the advice to help them through it. "Listen, Lace....I don't want you to do anything. All I want is for you to do whatever you want to do. You've got a bright, bright future ahead of you, and you have every right to pursue it." As Davey spoke to her, she couldn't help but begin to smile. Part of her wondered if he really meant what he was saying while the other half just believed him. Lacey wasn't the type of person who was used to being able to choose whether or not she was able to do something. And, in all honesty? She kind of liked it, even if the choice wasn't a hard one to make.

"But even though there's this future looming over the both of us, that still doesn't mean we can't live in the here and now." Davey said. "Live in the moment?" She could feel her stomach go into knots. Lacey hated 'living in the here and now', it never lead to anything good. At least with Lacey's 'glass half empty' outlook on life most of the time. She needed things to be plan out before hand so there were no surprises and when things did happen to go wrong. Well... She doesn't take it well. "Good chess players think three or four steps ahead. However, the great ones only need to think one. I believe that if we both want to stay as more than just friends, that's what we need to do. We just need to think only one step ahead, until we both come to the end of our trip."

...But, if she was going to be with Davey. She would have to get used to idea of living in the moment even if it was for a brief time. She snapped out of her nervous state of mind as he rubbed her cheek. She smiled shyly as she softly grasped his hand and look towards him just as he was doing with her. "We're just going to take it one day at a time, and test the waters together, just like we did at the beach. And whatever happens, happens...Okay?"

"Okay." She told him as she let their hands fall to their sides. She softly held his hands as she did before just as he moved in closer to her and whispered in her ear as always. "Whatever happens, happens." She chuckled softly as he spoke to her and when he was looking her back in the eyes, she kissed him softly and nodded. "Whatever happens... happens, " She repeated softly as she looked at their hands as she released a nervous breath. "I won't push you away, I won't be afraid of... this or you, and I'll try not too think to far ahead." She assured him before looking back up at him with a smile and a small chuckle as she thought of what to do now. "Sooo, are you going to keep me out here all night or can we head back inside so I can show you off." The young girl said as she smirked with a raised eyebrow towards Davey.