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like this much longer. Just a few feet away from her. He wanted to grab her and kiss her, and could see the scene flash in front of his eyes. If she made him stand in this hallway with her a minute longer, he might just do that.
    "That's not everything," she said touching his arm just as he turned to walk away. He turned on his heel grabbing her tiny hand that was gently resting on his arm, and pulled her close to him. He held her against his body feeling her firm breasts against his chest. Jack's heart quickened, and he took his free hand to tilt her chin up towards his face.
    Molly bit her bottom lip and he dove in stopping just a few inches from her mouth. He leaned his forehead against hers and looked into her eyes. He wanted to taste her, and as he moved in just a fraction from her lips, she sucked in a sharp breath and turned her head away.
    "I," she said sounding breathless. "I wanted to thank you for walking around my building, too. I saw you."
    He leaned his forehead against the wall, his body still pressed against hers. He could feel his pants become tighter, being this close to her did that to him. Jack wondered if she felt the stiffness against her stomach. "You're welcome."
    He broke away from her as quickly as he had grabbed her a moment before. He wanted to kick himself for forcing her into his arms like that. Of course she did not want him. She would never want him. All the more reason to get out of this town. "I'm sorry," he whispered. "I don't know what came over me."
    "I have a boyfriend," she said, as if that was the only reason she turned away from him.
    "Yeah, and he's a great guy Molly," Jack's voice dripped with sarcasm.
    "He is a good man," Molly said, but quietly, and even Jack wondered if she believed it.
    "Thank you for the permit idea," Jack said feeling his heart sink low in his chest. It physically hurt to be this close to her and not be with her. "If you need anything, anything at all just call me Molly. I'm always around to help a neighbor."
    Jack turned and walked quickly to the exit, pulling his beanie over his head as he left. He looked back right before he pushed the door open and saw Molly leaning against the wall, her head tilted back and looking towards the ceiling. She looked sad. Stay away from her before you fuck her life up again. Jack walked away.

Chapter Seven
    Prom 2005
    Molly listened as the pulsating music flooded the gym. Under the Sea was the theme of the night, but trashy booty shaking music must have been the DJ's theme.
    "Where is Jack?" Crystal yelled at her over the loud music.
    "I think he had too much to drink," Molly shouted back. Molly laughed as she thought of how drunk her boyfriend had become so quickly. She watched earlier as Jack downed a flask, knowing it would not take much. He was in over his head, but still trying to prove himself amongst the boys that ran in Molly's crowd. Her fellow cheerleaders mostly dated football players, cliché or not, that was the way things were in Seaside Cove until Jack came along. Molly had gotten some serious grief from her friends for dating a fisherman's son. How quickly everyone in school forgot where she came from once her parents came into serious money.
    She and Jack had stolen beers from his dad's house before, but she had never seen him drink the hard stuff until the guys that day laid down some good old fashioned peer pressure. "I think he went to the bathroom to throw up."
    Her friends looked at her shocked. They probably would have killed their boyfriends if they threw up during prom. Molly had sprained her ankle last week and was not able to do much dancing anyway. Besides, she was actually having fun catching up with her single friends. She and Jack had been together every day since their first kiss on Christmas a few months ago. As much as she loved being with him, she missed her friends.
    It had been at least four songs since he disappeared though. "I'm gonna go check on him!"
    She grabbed her crutches and made