“It's just the body,” I repeated
“That's not true... “It's just the body,” I repeated
“That's not true at all,” he disagreed“It's not the face, but the expressions on itIt's not the
voice, but what you sayIt's not how you look in that body, but the things you do with it
He moved forward as he spoke, kneeling beside the bed where I lay and taking my hand again
in both of his
“I've never known anyone like you“Ian, what if I'd come here in Magnolia's body?”
He grimaced and then laughedThat's a good question
“Or Wes's?”
“But you're female–you yourself
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“And I always request whatever a planet's equivalent isBut I could be
put into a man and I would function just fine
“But you're not in a man's body
“See? That's my pointTwo different things, in my case
“I wouldn't want it without you
“You wouldn't wantme withoutit”
He touched my cheek again and left his hand there, his thumb under my jaw“But this body is
part of you, tooIt's part of who you areAnd, unless you change your mind and turn us all in,
it's who you will always be
Ah, the finality
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And I will never live in it again,Melanie whispered
It's not how either of us planned our future, is it?
NoNeither of us planned to have no future
“Another internal conversation?” Ian guessed
“We're thinking of our mortality
“You could live forever if you left us“You know, humans have the shortest life span of any species I've ever
been, except the SpidersYou have so little time
“Don't you think, then…” Ian paused and leaned closer to me so that I couldn't seem to
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anything around his face, just snow and sapphire and ink“That maybe you should make the
most of what time you have? That you shouldlive while you're alive?”
I didn't see it coming the way I had with JaredIan was not as familiar to meMelanie realized
what he was going to do before I did, just a second before his lips touched mine
No!
It wasn't like kissing JaredWith Jared, there was no thought, only desireA spark
to gasoline–inevitableWith Ian, I didn't even know what I feltEverything was muddled
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confused
His lips were soft and warmHe pressed them only lightly to mine, and then brushed them back
and forth across my mouth
“Good or bad?” he whispered against my lips
Bad! Bad, bad!
“I–I can't think When I moved my mouth to speak, he moved his with it
His mouth pressed down with more force nowHe caught my lower lip between his and pulled
on it gently
Melanie wanted to hit him–so much more than she'd wanted to punch JaredShe wanted to
shove him away and then kick his faceThe image was
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