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"Obviously," Bella said She took her plate and walked off

I spent the rest ofsteaht stand before That’s all I needed to confess I feel like an ass, and I’m sorry Can we be friends? Because I like you a lot

Sie that Exceptnice for Bella But what? Flowers? That was a cliché No, I would invite her to lunch A new Thai restaurant had opened off ca hall, I was kind of craving Asian food Hopefully she was too

The ht about it, the better the idea sounded Lunch was a casual e I want to spend ti

Perfecto I’d knock on her door and ask her tonight And if she wasn’t ho In fact, I made a little promise to myself The next time I saw Bella, no matter where it was, I would ask her to lunch

Seven

Bella

The next weekend I found myself at a fraternity party

At Harkness frats weren’t a very big deal The student body was already divided into twelve "houses," sointo further factions I loved that about Harkness, actually That frats didn’t rule the place

But there were a few frat parties every year I’d always considered to be worth the effort Casino Night at Beta Rho was one of the equipment They set up poker tables in the base roo rooes were ster hats

Every year I went for the spectacle, played a few rounds of cards and watched soh-stakes poker A fraternity party wasn’t half bad when dice and cards were involved