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Come up to meet you, tell you I'm sorry

You don't know how lovely you are.

I had to find you, tell you I need you,

Tell you I set you apart. 

She will tell him.

She does tell him.

She walks up to him.

She tells him she needs to see him in the break room. 

And he follows, lagging behind, obliging to the sound of her voice. 

Nobody said it was easy,

It's such a shame for us to part.

Nobody said it was easy,

No one ever said it would be this hard. 

This is the hardest fifty paces of his life.  He doesn’t know what will come out of her mouth and he doesn’t know if he wants to hear it.  But he follows for all those times they laughed together, smiled together, talked together, did everything together.  Fear has left him.  Hope has entered. 

And tell me you love me, come back and haunt me

Oh and I rush to the start.

Runnin' in circles, Chasin' up Tails

Comin' back as we are 

She speaks.  She opens her mouth and nothing comes out.  So she tries again and finally like it was meant to be she says it.

.  I love you  . 

And now she waits, holds her breath and prays for those four little words. 

Nobody said it was easy,

Oh it's such a shame for us to part.

Nobody said it was easy,

No one ever said it would be so hard. 

I'm goin' back to the start. 

He freezes again.  But this time it’s okay to be cold and non-responsive.  It’s okay to make her wait and take the silence in.  Silence has kept him company and he assumes she is used to it by now too.  He counts to three, because that’s how long it took her to say those words, the ones he was waiting for. 

.  I love you too  .