“I can come up with some more if you want.” She laughed a little, and twisted around until she was sitting sideways in his arms, legs tucked up over his. She reached up slowly to touch his face, fingertips light on his cheek. “Nobody’s been looking, and that’s a shame.”
“I think you’ve said them all, really.” He laughed nervously and licked at his lips, watching her move with a curious tilt to head, jumping at the contact, before gradually relaxing into it. “A shame, huh? Because of all those things you said?”
Summer nodded. “You should hear them all the time. You deserve to have been looked at all your life, to not have to have hidden and run away.” Her voice grew softer, and she slowly traced down along the line of his jaw before letting her hand fall. “You should be the person surrounded by friends, instead of being lonely.”