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Riverlynn Crap. She had hurt his feelings. Nell took a deep breath. She would have to find a good way to explain herself. Her green eyes met his and she gave him a wry smile. "It wasn't the trunks of even the concussion. It was what I said because of the concussion."
This was difficult because she hadn't ever liked a guy this much. She didn't want to blow this but couldn't see any other way but to come right out with it. "I really like you. And I'm deeply afraid that your going to find some other girl and forget about me." She looked at her hands as they splayed out on the table. "I couldn't even admit any of this to myself...it took a concussion and some strange hallucination for me to realize it. I'm not used to talking to guys like this if you hadn't noticed."
Her smile turned shy as she finally turned to look at him. Would he run screaming from the room now?
What had she said because of the concussion? All he could recall was something about a pink princess and him being her boyfriend. Had he missed something? Edmund opened his mouth to try and tell her to forget about it, but snapped it closed at her next words.
How was it that she liked him to the point of being scared he'd go and find another girl? He'd known they were interested in each other, but this level of interest was new to him. His expression was pretty much blank as he absorbed all of this. When she turned to him with that cute shy smile of hers, all he could do was smile. She was doing perfectly well at talking to him.
He didn't want to go off and find another girl, and he definitely didn't want to forget about her. "Nell, I already told you earlier that I won't go and find another girl." Which he had, though he didn't know what she remembered of that. "But for your sake, I'll repeat it again and ask one more question." He was sure she must have a headache, so he was going to keep this short and sweet. "I don't want to go and find someone else, I'm happy with who I've already found, and that brings me to my question; Will you be my girlfriend?" He'd been trying to pluck up the courage to ask that ALL summer.