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Beside her, she can feel each breath he draws. How is it possible to be so close to a person and still not know what you are to each other? With baseball, it's simple. There's no mystery to what happens on the field because everything has a label -- full count, earned run, perfect game -- and there's a certain amount of comfort in this terminology. There's no room for confusion and Ryan wishes now that everything could be so straightforward. But then Nick pulls her closer, and she rests her head on his chest, and nothing seems more important that this right here.Jennifer E. Smith
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She understands now what she, in all her worry, had forgotten. That even as she hesitates and wavers, even as she thinks too much and moves too cautiously, she doesn't always have to get it right. It's okay to look back, even as you move forward.Jennifer E. Smith
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She filed those moments away like precious documents, wore them smooth with memory, collected them like bits of prayers.Jennifer E. Smith
4
Hi, ' he says.' Hi, ' she says back, and then to her great surprise, she begins to cry.' You know, ' Nick says as he hands her a tissue from the bedside table, ' for all this talk about how you don't cry, you sure are sprouting a lot of water.Jennifer E. Smith