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“Why?” He eventually asks.
“What?” Will whispered, voice strained.
John nearly smiles and asks slowly, “Why do you want me to come with you?”
Will struggles for an answer that is both truth and hidden truth. He couldn’t say, ‘I’ve been trying to ask you out for a year and I’m too much of a coward to do it head-on.’ Nor could he say, ‘I’m so desperate for you to like me that I’m willing to waive every principle I’ve built my life on.’
He licks his lips and settles on, “For both our sakes, it will be worth it.”
“I’m not in the habit of living with uncertainty, Will."