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Ellie's voice surprised Dallin when she spoke again. It was quiet. She had been so happy just seconds ago, and he could tell that something had changed. And quick. Panicking, Dallin pulled away and held her shoulders at arm's length so he could get another good look at her. And... she was crying.
"Ellie," Dallin croaked, his eyes wide when he saw his girlfriend's tears. "Don'tcry. Idon'tknowwhyyou'recrying." He hadn't even done anything yet! All he had said was that she was beautiful. THAT WASN'T THE PART SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO CRY AT. Actually, she wasn't supposed to cry at all. But Dallin knew that girls cried about these things so he expected it. BUT NOT YET.
"Hey," he whispered, pulling her into a hug again. "Shh." He trailed a hand over her shoulders, trying to calm her down so that she could freak out at the proper moment.
Curse you, girlish hormones.
Dallin noticed. Obviously. Her eyes were blurred with tears, it was kind of hard not to notice that kind of thing. And of course, when he said "don't cry", it just made it worse. A little stream rolled down her cheek.
"Idon'tknowI'msorryIdidn'tmeanto," she squeaked out quickly with a small hiccup.
Ellie was being pulled in again. Sniffling, she wiped tears off her cheeks and tried to hold them back.
"Iwasjust-" sniffle
"thinkingaboutus," sniffle
"andhowthiswillbe... ourlasttimehere." Hiccup.
Wiping more tears, Ellie pulled away and finally got the stream of tears to stop. Ugh. That was horrible. Poor Dallin.
"Sorry 'bout that," she said quietly with a little sniffle.