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I write back to Rhiannon and tell her where I a by her coe to meet at the Clover Bookstore

Dylan is a charmer He also, froirls at the sa not to coure out for himself which font he prefers

I am a half hour early to the bookstore, but I’ but the faces of the people around me

She walks in the door, also early I don’t need to stand or wave She looks around the roo at her, and knows

"Hey," she says

"Hey," I say back

"It feels like the otten us coffee, and we sit there at the table with the cups sheltered in our hands

I see sos I noticed yesterday--the birth of pimples on her forehead But they don’t matter to me nearly as much as the complete picture

She doesn’t see, she seems at peace hat’s happened When the shock wears off, you always hope there’s understanding underneath And with Rhiannon, it seee of doubt has been swept away

"I woke up and I knew so was different," she tells me "Even before I saw your letter It wasn’t the usual disorientation But I didn’t feel like I’dhad been … added Then I saw your letter and started reading, and immediately I kneas true It had actually happened I stopped when you toldabout yesterday It was all there Not the things I’d usually forget, like waking up or brushinglunch with Justin Dinner withthe letter itself--I had a memory of that It shouldn’t make sense--ould I write a letter to ? But in my mind, it makes sense"

"Do you feel me there? In your memories"

She shakes her head "Not in the way you’d think I don’t feel you in control of things, or inI feel like you ith me Like, I can feel your presence there, but it’s outside ofthis conversation"

But I want to know ," I tell her "And it sounds like yourwith that Or , too"

"I don’t know I’lad I do"

We talk e this is Finally, she says, "Thank you for notmy clothes on Unless, of course, you didn’t want me to remember that you sneaked a peek"

"No peeks were sneaked"

"I believe you A"

I can tell there’s so else she wants to say