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scared.”
    “Scared of what?”
    “If I had to guess, I would say her feelings and what that means for her, or maybe another breakdown.”
    My dad’s words make sense. I know I’ll get my time with her, but waiting is going to be absolutely excruciating.
    “Listen, you get some rest, son. It’s been a long day.”
    I give my dad a hug and sit alone on the edge of my desolate bed. Then as I look into my closet, the glint of metal of my dumbbells catches my eye. I’m not even sure I can lift them, but I need to start making a change. Leaning over, I pick them up and figure I’ll at least try. Surprisingly, they aren’t too heavy. I get situated, holding both of them while balancing my elbows on my knees and begin to pump my arms. Right away, everything inside of them burns, but it feels so good to be doing this.
    I know I’m not the man I was when I left, but I can get back to him, minus my leg of course. Minor point. I continue to go ’til I can’t anymore and drop my dumbbells on the floor. Looking down at my scrawny arms, I know it’s going to be a lot of work to get back in the shape I was in.
    Rolling over, I grab my laptop and turn it on, heading for my latest obsession: Arion’s Facebook page. It’s the closest thing I have to being involved in her life. I’m not sure if she knows that we are still friends, but we are. I’ve searched and been through everything possible on here, but maybe today there will be an update, something that will give me a hint as to what she’s thinking. Unfortunately there are no new posts like I’m so used to seeing. So, I click on her photos and scroll through to find my favorite one of her. She’s looking through a window. The reflection of her is gorgeous, so perfect and pure. The glass almost makes her look angelic.
    Staring at it, I pray that she will come back to me. I mean, really, how can she not? She’s just scared and I’m sure trying to figure out how to let Bain down. That has to be what’s going through her mind. Plus she knows that we belong together. Even though it pains me, she can take all the time she needs.

“Please, James, just get me one more day. Just one more day.”
    He grumbles into the phone. “Jesus Christ, one more day, Bain, but that’s it. Don’t ask me again. I won’t let you jeopardize your career before it even starts.”
    “Thank you, I promise I won’t.”
    I hang up and go in search of Arion. She is right where I left her. Stark naked and gorgeous, soaking in our oversized bathtub.
    “Hey,” I say as I begin to undress, she looks at me with an eyebrow cocked and then scoots forward so I can slide into the scalding hot water behind her.
    “God, I love holding you in my arms,” I whisper behind her ear and lean us back together. She sighs heavily as do I, and then there it is, the awkward silence. I don’t know if it’s her or me, but it’s there and it scares the shit out of me.
    “I talked to James,” I tell her, trying to spark up conversation.
    “Yeah?”
    “Yeah, he said he’d get me out of practice again tomorrow.”
    “No! I don’t want you to miss practice again. Not because of me.”
    “I’d rather be here with you ’til I know you’re ready to move past all of this.”
    “I’m ready.”
    “You are?” I ask confused.
    “I mean, I don’t know. I’m ready to focus on work, but I can’t decide what to do. I just don’t know, Bain.”
    “Baby, I don’t want to be the one to force you to do this, but in order for us to move on, you need to talk to him. You can’t act like he’s not back and everything is as it was before, because it’s not.”
    “I know, trust me, I know!” she snaps in frustration.
    I stay quiet not wanting to upset her further, or push the subject. Deep down, I don’t want her to see Nate again or to talk to him for that matter. I could only imagine how he’s going to act to try and win her back. But in my heart, I know this is what’s right.
    “You could invite him