"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.

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I froze beneath the contact, staring at him wide-eyed. He threw me back an innocent look.

/"Your brother seems happy. I really don't think he's being forced into doing something he doesn't want to do. I think you should be more concerned with yourself./"

Deacon nodded. /"Your brother knows what he wants. He's accepted himself. I think you need to do the same. Did — have you figured out whether the kiss meant anything yet? Or have you managed to come up with a thousand different excuses as to why it didn't?/"

/"It wasn't helpful,/" I concluded at last. /"I mean, I still like kissing girls. I've kissed girls. I like the way it feels and when we kissed — it was nothing like that./"

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