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NEITHER ONE of them moved as they faced each other.
He hadn’t said anything, and for a second she thought he didn’t recognize her. Suddenly she felt guilty about showing up this way, without warning, and it made it harder. She had thought that she would know what to say. But she didn’t. Everything that came into her head seemed inappropriate, somehow lacking.
As she stared at him, she noticed how little he’d changed since she’d last seen him. He looked good, she thought. With his shirt tucked loosely into old faded jeans, she could see the same broad shoulders she remembered, tapering2 down to narrow hips3 and a flat stomach. He was tanned, too, as if he’d worked outside all summer, and, though his hair was a little thinner and lighter4 than she remembered, he looked the same as he had when she’d known him last.
She took a deep breath and smiled. “Hello, Noah. It’s good to see you again.”
He looked at her with amazement5 in his eyes. Then, after shaking his head slightly, he slowly began to smile. “You too,” he stammered6. He brought his hand to his chin, and she noticed he hadn’t shaved. “It’s really you, isn’t it? I can’t believe it..
She heard the shock in his voice as he spoke7, and surprising her it all came together—being here, seeing him. She felt something twitch8 inside, something deep and old, something that made her dizzy for just a second. She caught herself fighting for control. She hadn’t expected this to happen, didn’t want it to happen. She was engaged now. She hadn’t come here for this. Yet.
Yet the feeling went on despite herself, and for a brief moment she felt fifteen again. Felt as she hadn’t in years, as if all her dreams could still come true. Felt as though she’d finally come home.
Without another word they came together, as if it were the most natural thing in the world, and he put his arms around her, drawing her close. They held each other tightly; both of them letting the fourteen years of separation dissolve in the deepening
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guilt
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| n.犯罪;内疚;过失,罪责 | |
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lighter
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amazement
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nervously
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rattled
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distraction
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gracefully
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gliding
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aspired
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influential
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softened
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eyebrows
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gravel
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crunched
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halfway
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crab
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pointed
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exhaled
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aroma
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crabs
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rusty
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carving
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overdone
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retrieving
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distinctive
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seasoning
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artistic
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rinse
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scurry
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rinsed
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demon
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flicked
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sipping
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enlisted
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sneaking
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dictated
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realization
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creek
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shrugged
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stunned
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gathering
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sincerity
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affected
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fragrance
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fathom
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