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Just A Tiny Spark
Date: 8/12/2015, Categories: Fiction, Author: LushStories, Rating: 83.3, Source: sexstories.com
me expectantly. I closed my eyes and shook my head. “Nothing?” he asked, almost pleading. “Nothing.” “Well, at least it isn’t for someone else,” he joked. Somehow, we had started walking again. A bunch of ducks landed noisily in the pond and started quacking, distracting us for a minute. I almost smiled at their innocent exuberance. “You’re taking this awfully well,” I observed. The gravel crunched under our shoes, and a gnat bit my arm. I swiped it away and rubbed the itching spot. “It’s because it hasn’t really sunk in yet,” he replied. “Just wait until it does. Then I’ll find a secluded spot where nobody can see or hear manly me bawl his eyes out. After that, I’m going to go into town and get pissed enough so I don’t remember my own name, and the day after I’m going to be so hungover that I can blame every miserable moment on the drinking.” “Jake!” I protested, coming to a halt. “What?” He stopped a few feet away, but his eyes never left the ground. “That won’t make it better.” The tip of his shoe painted a circle in the gravel. “But it’ll make it different, at least.” I thought I glimpsed a tear. He turned around and started walking again, and a lance of pain speared my heart. “Jake?” “What?” He didn’t turn around this time. “I’m sorry.” “I’m too.” He took another step. “Wait!” God, this was hard. I couldn’t imagine how hard it had to be for him. “You’re a wonderful person. I hope you find someone who deserves you.” The sound of his footsteps slowly faded, and I plopped ...