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I wave, "Hi, I’m Emalyn White, extra white actually, and non-Mexican frohs, "You’re funny Funny and fast" He looks like he’s struggling with so, "Wanna just have dinner withthan this" He points around us, "It’s the workout, it’s ht-headed actually" His eyes twinkle, rin, "I’d love to" I would? My racing heart is saying otherwise But I re is about the New Leaf Freedo risks, all are the New Leaf that I so badly need

"What are you doing in an hour?"

I raise an eyebrow, "Nothing" Why a questions?

"Wanna meet at Chicken Lou’s? One hour?"

I want to think about it I want to say no I want to be rational, but I don’t I srab a wipe, "Yeah"

"Great"

I wipe down the machine and wave, "See you in a bit"

He s, and stressed out heart, stop

Sebastian, Seb? No Bastian? Maybe Maybe just Sebastian My s Fears and possibilities By the tiet to the rooetting all curled and dolled and pretty She smiles until she sees the look on "

"Tell Shell Shell what happened" She crawls onto my bed with her shoes on My nose wrinkles involuntarily She rolls her eyes and makes sure they don’t touch the blankets, I’ll have to wash three tiet the smell of the store out I’ll have to wait for the weekend The machines had waitlists I couldn’t bear

"I ht up momentarily, "Cute boy?" Her face is panicked for a second This is uncharted territory for me, us She has always been the one with cute boy on her lips Neither of us knohat to do about a cute boy and h, when I say it, "Sebastian"

SheHe askedthing on od, a real date I could cry right now You said yes to a boy and…hy do you look like that?" her face drops

I can’t look at her, "Nothing I just think it’s super weird he asked od E to date and have a boyfriend and start this noro on a date Yeah, so what? He asked you out He likes what he sees and wants to get to know you and see if he likes you" She takesIt’s just a date No different than eating at the table back ho the sani and have a meal We did restaurants back home You can do this Wipe the cutlery down under the table"

I gag a bit thinking about it and shake my head, "I just can’t okay" I stand and walk to the showers I stay in extra long I try to stay in so it’s too late by the tio back to our rooone, but the mirror has lipstick on it

GO OR I WILL CUT YOUR HAIR OFF IN YOUR SLEEP!!!!

I shudder at the writing and pull on a t-shirt and some jeans I look back at the red lipstick and rush to it I’ in a frenzy before I realize it I step back, horrified that the grease in the lipstick has permanently marked the e onone by later? Like a dressingto you too Hoas the first day? Of course he can What size?’

I look at the mirror and shake my head as I text, ’I don’t know’

’…Take a picture…’ He’s awfully saucy and impatient

I hold the phone up and take the picture It has h Not the way I see irl in the mirror looks normal Blonde, plain, blue eyes that sparkle with fake life inside of thehts and slip onwatch I love that it’s plastic and washable I pull my hair into a rabweird I startbeside a boy at home" I wash, rinse and repeat this the entire way down the hall

I send the picture when I’m on the stairs I then send another text One that I have been dreading since I agreed, ’I’ out for dinner’

’With who?’

’Boy froys I s and answer, "Hi"

He sighs into the phone, "Hi So a boy froym? Alone?"