Chapter 22

Gray Daze

Eva

After we finished the bottle, we have decided I need a first tattoo and I am getting one. Tomorrow. We are lying on the bed, my head on his lap. Nathan checks quickly and finds a place.

“They should be open. I don’t know if they’ll have available spots, but...”

“But you are persuasive.”

Nathan smirks.

“Well, I can be.”

My eyelids are getting heavier by the minute, but I’m trying to stay awake. I hear rustling from him and see he’s looking for his cigarettes.

“I thought you quit.”

I say, sleepy.

“I am.”

Nathan says quietly. “I’ll go out and...” He tries to get up, but I squeeze his tight lightly.

“No, stay here.”

“Are you sure you don’t mind?”

“Of course I am.”

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