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I sree, one of the first things I’ to do is ask Cooper out He can’t seem to resist super-educated women, so who knows? Maybe he’ll even say yes

"Thanks," I say

"Don’this radio with hi shadows I sit there for a while after he’s gone, finishing the rest oflooks so homey, so tranquil It’s hard to believe it had been the scene of so much sadness a little earlier in the day

It isn’t until it has grown dark enough that lights begin appearing in the s of Fischer Hall that I finally go inside

And when I do, it hitsto do nothing tonight had been a bit on the wry side Is it possible that he knows that I hadn’t really meant what I said? Is it possible that he knohat I do every night…and that it isn’t nothing? Can he hear uitar all the way downstairs?

No way

But then why had he said the word nothing like that? So…I don’t know Meaningfully?

I can’t figure it out

But then, let’s face it, guys have always been souitar that night, I play it extra softly, just in case Cooper does come home unexpectedly I’m not about to let anyone--not even Coop--hear hed atbefore Jordan and I broke up

Angry-girl rocker shit, Grant Cartwright calledto the pros, he’d said, and stick to doing what you do best, which is belting out top forty and power ballads? By the way, have you put on so to show Grant Cartwright what an angry-girl rocker really looks like

Later, as I’ my face before bed, I look out theand see Fischer Hall all lit up against the night sky I can see the tiny for around in their roo played fro died today But it’s also true that, for everyone else, life goes on

And it’s going on now, as girls pri out, and boys chug Rolling Rocks as they wait for the girls

Meanwhile, through the vents along the side of the building, I see interlide silently up and down their shafts

And I can’t help wondering what happened What made her do it?

Or…

Who?

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