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"That’s okay The reason you’re not seeing it is because he’s so unlikeit because I’uess," she says, spearing sous

She doesn’t sound convinced And I feel I’ve already lost if we’ve gotten to the convincing stage

It doesn’t feel like a date It doesn’t feel like friendship It feels like sohtrope but hasn’t yet hit the net

Our cars are still at the bookstore, so we head back there Instead of cradling her roses, she dangles theht need to use theht, I guess" She holds the roses up to her nose, sht? Especially considering …"

"Yeah Especially considering"

If I were in a different body, this would be the time I would lean down and kiss her If I were in a different body, that kiss could transforht from off to on If I were in a different body, she would see me inside She would see what she wanted to see

But now it’s aard

She holds the roses to my nose I breathe in the perfuoodbye

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I feel guilty about how relieved I auilty because I realize that while before I didn’t care what other people thought, or how other people saw side theuess this isis being lost, too

Lisa Marshall looks a lot like Rhiannon’s friend Rebecca--dark straight hair, a scattering of freckles, blue eyes She is not soo out of your way to notice if you saw her on the street, but you’d definitely notice her if she was sitting next to you in class

Rhiannon won’tit

There’s an e in my inbox It starts like this:

I really want to see you today

And I think, That’s good But then it continues

We need to talk