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I’m smiling now, smiling like the most ordinary of men, staring at the most extraordinary woman I’ve ever known.
“Believe me,” I whisper. “I do.”
“Thanks for inviting me.”
“I didn’t invi—”
“So!” Adam cuts me off, trying and failing now to fight a smile. “We, um, we just came by to check in with you on a couple of details.”
“You and I— Aaron, people like us think good things will disappear because that’s how it’s always been. Good things have never lasted in our lives; happiness has never lasted. And somehow we can only expect what we’ve experienced.”
“Stop,” Ella says angrily. “Stop calling him names. He’s not a dickhead. He’s not a jackass. He’s not self-absorbed. I don’t know why you guys think it’s okay to just say whatever terrible things you want about him—to his face—as if he’s made of stone. You all do it. You all insult him over and over again and he just takes it—he doesn’t even say anything—and somehow you’ve convinced yourselves it’s okay. Why? He’s a real, flesh-and-blood person. Why don’t you care? Why don’t you think he has feelings? What the hell is wrong with you?”
“Oh—right!” Kenji says, slapping his hand to his forehead. “My bad, bro, I forgot—you never have to use the bathroom, do you?”
“No.”
“No, of course not. Because that would be human, and we both know you’re secretly a robot.”
“I should just kill you here, shouldn’t I? In my own house. On my wedding day. It could be your gift to me.”
“This, right here!” He throws out his arms. “This is a perfect example! You don’t know how to problem solve without resorting to murder!"
I never feel closer to her than when we’re so entwined, when there’s nothing but openness and love between us.