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A quick inspection of my cell phone revealed five e I touched play

"Rafe," she’d said in her ize I didn’t… I wasn’t looking at things the same way you were So…" I’d never heard Bella at a loss for words "Please can I apologize? Would you stop over? Pretty please?"

I wanted to But I hadn’t yet figured out what I would say to her Asking a girl out was like a tough soccer practice You had to warm up before you ran onto the field

In the common room, I threw myself down on the sofa and tried to think what to say

Twenty-Five

Bella

I was never meant to lead a solitary life That ain After ht some coffee and headed back toI’d done wrong

Or I tried to Brooding didn’t come naturally to me, and I’d swear it made my dorm room feel even smaller

Just when I was feeling truly desperate, so h my hair Vanity didn’t come naturally to me, either, but Rafe looked delicious 24/7, and I’d humiliated myself in front of him twice already today Also, the boy should be

"Just a sec!" I called out

Looking down, I took a quick inventory The jeans were fine, of course But I earing a baggy Bruins shirt, so I whipped that over my head and tossed it on the desk chair A pink oxford shirt I’d abandoned at soit up ain, and my heart did an unfamiliar shimmy I braced myself and went to the door