"I think I finally get it."

"Get what?" There was something about the look in his eyes, the confidence, the surety, that had me swallowing hard.

"You." And as he smiled, it was almost smug. "I get you, Oz. You're a little, Aren't you?"

If only I had known at the time just how much those few little words were going to change my life.

The Little Of Oz Series

Which prompted him to face time me.

/"Eyes,/" I squealed happily. I loved that he actually cared enough about me to want to talk to me. He could have ignored me while he was away, but it seemed I was speaking to him just as much as I did when he was here.

/"Hey, Ozzypop./" His sleepy face swam into focus, and it wasn't until he gave his lopsided smile that I noticed just how much it made my chest pang; I really, really, super-duper missed him. /"You okay?/"

/"Eyes,/" I said, nodding so that he knew that I was. The background of Isaac's screen was dark, and if the white sheets that were drawn over his shoulder were anything to go by, I would have guessed that he was still in bed. /"I missed you. How long until you come all the way back home?/"

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