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Revelations filtered easily through his words to her. Callie had always assumed the motive behind his decision had been standard. So when he offered his first reasoning, she struggled to believe it, but she wanted to give him the benefit of the doubt. It was good she didn't get so caught up in it, because it washed away as quickly as it surfaced.
It made sense. Self-preservation was the perfect way to describe it.
Then she laughed, even though it didn't feel like a moment to laugh. She dropped her eyes at the overall absurdity of the whole situation. "I'm sorry, I'm not laughing because you left, I promise." She said quickly, waving her hand at the thought. But it wasn't wrong.
"Well, actually, I sort of am. But not cause you did it, it's just that..." Pausing briefly, she took a slow breath in to find some control. Some comfort; "You literally both left."
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Don’t ask my opinion, don’t ask me to lie
Her laugh caused his eyebrows to raise slightly and he was curious if she'd lost her mind or if he just missed something. He waited for an explanation, but took little comfort in the one that she gave. She backtracked and said that she was laughing because they both left. Luca wasn't pleased that he was comparable to this girl in more ways than one, he was less pleased that they'd reacted the same way. In his defense, he never would have left if he'd known Callie was going to lose them both.
He let out a sigh, "Well, it would appear you have a type, wouldn't it?" It was just too bad that her type ended up being flight risks.
Then beg for forgiveness for making you cry
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At least Luca managed to take the whole thing in a better way than she expected. Of course, even Callie could see he was struggling, but he hadn't stopped her, and that was a true statement about the kind of person he was. She kept reminding herself that a conversation like this was so imperative to moving on in any capacity. If she wanted to keep him as a friend, he deserved all the honesty she'd deprived him of for so long.
"It's probably better for you that you did leave, though." She continued on, not willing to settle on the poor quality of her inevitable lack of a choice; "I mean, it sounds like you learned a lot about yourself in the time you were gone. Pretty sure I did the same. Like, I definitely don't think the old me was worth the effort you were putting in."
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"The same could be said about me," He retorted. Luca believed that he had learned a lot in the last few years. If he hadn't gone back home, he never would have realized where he belonged. In his earlier years, he'd been torn between two places, uncertain of where he best fit and now he knew. He had to be honest, it helped knowing that Callie was in Oregon and he was glad that he'd found her, but with or without her, he knew his place was in the States. She'd just been the biggest reason it felt more like home.
Luca looked at her again and quirked the side of his lips, "I think we both needed to grow up more to get to this point. The world works in mysterious ways, but it somehow managed to bring us back to the same place." Even if things had gone horribly wrong between them, there was obviously still something between them that mattered. He wasn't sure how one-sided it was, but he'd accept that there was definitely something more on his end.
"One way or another, I'm glad you came into the club the other day."
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The fact that he seemed genuinely grateful for a reconnection brought a smile to Callie's lips. For all she knew, he still could have come to resent her after all this time. There was great relief in the idea that that wasn't true.
"I never thought I'd see you again." She explained. She had no way of reaching out to him, and she certainly didn't feel like he deserved that from her. "So I'm glad to have you back. In whatever capacity." Even if he was just going to be her boss.
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