Hopeless (Hopeless #1)(111)

I smile, even though what we’re talking about is making me sad. I just keep looking up at the sky like Dean is, thinking about what he said. It makes my heart feel happy to have somewhere to go now when I don’t want to be where I am. Now when I’m scared, I’ll just think about the sky and maybe it’ll help me smile, because I know it’ll always be beautiful no matter what.

“I promise,” I whisper.

“Good,” he says. He reaches his hand out on the concrete between us and wraps his pinky around mine.

The End