A New Version of Us

PIPER’S POV

I could not say I was surprised when Nolan showed up the way he did or acted the way he did. At this point, nothing about him felt completely predictable anymore.

When I asked him why he was really doing all of this and he said he just wanted to be my friend, I didn’t know what to say. It sounded simple, but nothing about our history was simple.

So I stayed quiet. And he did too.

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