{"id":3737,"date":"2014-10-12T19:22:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-12T19:22:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/10\/12\/ace-omalley-iamthefirechild-she-shifted-just\/"},"modified":"2015-02-20T05:45:15","modified_gmt":"2015-02-20T05:45:15","slug":"ace-omalley-iamthefirechild-she-shifted-just","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/10\/12\/ace-omalley-iamthefirechild-she-shifted-just\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3737 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/10\/12\/ace-omalley-iamthefirechild-she-shifted-just\/attachment\/3738\/'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/files\/2014\/10\/tumblr_nc81pchM7d1sfzkh7o1_5001-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/ace-omalley.tumblr.com\/post\/99814746351\/iamthefirechild-she-shifted-just-enough-to\">ace-omalley<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/iamthefirechild.tumblr.com\/post\/99784064604\/ace-omalley-iamthefirechild-he-said-he\">iamthefirechild<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>She shifted just enough to bring a hand up and swipe at her tears, the other hand gripping at Ace\u2019s shirt. Her throat ached with the effort of holding back more tears, and her head throbbed. \u201cAce, I \u2014 how do I even know who to believe?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I believed him, and this \u2014 how many times \u2014 &#8221; Her voice broke again. &#8220;I just want someone to care about me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The lad didn\u2019t have an answer for Summer. Gaze locked on what was beyond the railing, his arms tightened around her waist in an effort to make her feel more\u2026 secure.<\/p>\n<p>In the most platonic way possible, of course.<\/p>\n<p><em>Not really.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;And you\u2019ll find that someone in due time. But rushing it leads to regret and hurt. Let them\u2026 come to you.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t &#8212; know how,&#8221; she confessed. The accompanying laugh was bitter. &#8220;Apparently I want too much, I&#8217;m &#8230; clingy.&#8221; She realised she was holding on to Ace&#8217;s shirt, and let go, hastily. Colour stained her cheeks, and she looked up at him. &#8220;You&#8217;re still holding me,&#8221; she said, low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ace-omalley: iamthefirechild: She shifted just enough to bring a hand up and swipe at her tears, the other hand gripping at Ace\u2019s shirt. Her throat ached with the effort of holding back more tears, and her head throbbed. \u201cAce, I \u2014 how do I even know who to believe? &#8220;I believed him, and this \u2014 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/2014\/10\/12\/ace-omalley-iamthefirechild-she-shifted-just\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\"><\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10,223],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3737"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3739,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3737\/revisions\/3739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3737"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3737"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.firechildren.net\/lightfire\/iamthefirechild\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3737"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}