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GOOD

She paused, tried to think of so fun or flirty she could add

HOW WERE YOUR CLASSES?

She groaned the second she sent her text Seriously, she didn’t have the first clue how to flirt Abi probably could blow a guy’s mind in five words, no problem Maybe she should ask her roommate for lessons?

LONG ENOUGH FOR ME TO PLAN OUR FIRST OFFICIAL "NORMAL" OUTING

Their first official nor? Did that mean he wanted there to be others?

Suddenly, she reuy in school, the one everyone wanted Why, she had to ask herself again, would he want to be with a girl kward and studious, not toout hen cameramen tended to follow her every move?

But before she could text back to let him off the hook, he wrote:

NOT GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT WE’RE DOING, BUT DON’T THINK I’M LETTING YOU OUT OF IT

Her s it almost hurt her cheeks as she texted him back

VERY MYSTERIOUS

And sweet, too If the rest of the girls on caeous, but nice, as well, they’d never leave hiht of anyone else with hih he wasn’t hers

Not yet, anyway Because she kept pushing hi that?

What if she pulled him closer, instead?

FRIDAY NIGHT AROUND 5?

After she quickly texted back to let him know that time would work, he sent onethrough the parking lot at hoell he knew her already, that she was likely one of the only students on ca out and listening to a band play outside on a sunny Friday afternoon

And just as he’dwith her professor, she now felt much less tense when she finally pressed the play button on herelse that had been worrying her today had ended up going so much better than she expected Maybe her mother’s phone call would, too In fact,the past three weeks in which she hadn’t responded to any of Serena’s phone calls or e to hurt her or rebel She was just trying to live her own dreams

Of course, as soon as she heard her mother’s voice, she realized just how stupidly hopeful she’d been Because Genevieve Britten was very upset with Serena Very, very, very upset