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The next moments that passed were tense. I could feel Baxters eyes on me until I broke the silence. 
"You haven't told me that you're not going to try and seduce Summer..." I pointed out, just thinking out loud. I then looked at him, only for him to look away from me. Clearly he was going to. "Huh." 
I got to my feet. Not knowing what else to say on the matter. So I turned around and started walking in the direction of the others. 
"Rosalie, wait," Baxter called. I turned around to face him now that he was on his feet and closing the gap between us. 
"Do you want to talk this through?" I asked, the deflation clear in my voice. I didn't know what to say, any thoughts I had I didn't know how to voice them. He nodded frantically, taking my hands in his. 
"Please, don't ever walk away from me like that again." He begged, his eyes pleading with me. "I don't want to lose you." 
I sighed, shaking my head at him before hugging him tightly. 
"Start from the beginning," I mumbled into his chest. "We'll figure this out.. Logically." 
Baxter kept his arms wrapped around me. "Wren doesn't like that Summer is here." 
"Tough." I stated, "Summer's not going anywhere, shes here for the summer." 
"She's worried that Summer is going to take Ari from her." Bax continued. I let out a small groan, pulling away from him to look up at him, a sympathetic smile on my lips. 
"I understand why she would worry about that as there is chemistry between Ari and Summer, especially after what happened last summer. But, Wren will be the reason her relationship fails. Worrying about something like that and then treating people horribly because of it, is going to show people and Ari what she's really like." I told him making him nod with me. "You can't control her worries or her actions. And she can't control yours."
"She threatened to hurt you if I didn't." He pressed, hearing him say the words out loud made me want to scream. "She did hurt you." 
"Bax, she stood on my hand. There is nothing more she can do to hurt me physically without getting arrested. Mentally, she can hurt me. By getting to you." I explained to him, hoping that my words were sinking in and he could see how silly this whole situation was. 
"You even considering to seduce Summer, has hurt me." His shoulders slumped as the words left my lips. "You feel like you owe her, but I'm telling you that you don't." 
I closed the gap between us, placing my hands on his chest and slowly running them up to touch his neck. I smiled at him. 
"All you have to do is say no." I nodded as he did, "We'll figure the rest out as it comes." 
"Together." He agreed, leaning down to plant a soft kiss on my lips. 
"I'm such an idiot." Baxter mumbled when he pulled away, "why would I think shutting you out was a good idea?" 
"Yeah, why would you want to get rid of your supposed girlfriend?" I asked him, a smile creeping up on to my lips as I looked at him expectantly. He raised his eyebrows, amusement radiating off him.