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Then it hits

In his rooot a date

Of course That’s why he couldn’t wait for me down at the precinct, and had to call Frank and Patty! He’s got a date

I pause at the botto to sort out why this realization has made me suddenly so upset I mean, it’s not like Cooper KNOWS about the enormous crush I have on him Why SHOULDN’T he see other people? Just because he HASN’T seen anyone (that I know of…he certainly hasn’t brought anybody back to the house) since I moved in doesn’t mean he SHOULDN’T or CAN’T Now that I think of it, we never really did discuss the issue of overnight guests It’s just not so that ever ca a sleepover It doesn’t have anything to do with o to bed No reason to stop and knock and ask hi to see what she looks like Cooper has a reputation in his faent, incredibly beautiful, even exotic woeons who are also forht I ever had a chance with Cooper romantically, one look at his uy would want a washed-up ex-pop star who noorks as an assistant residence hall director and wears vanity size 8 jeans (or possibly 10s) when he could have a physicist as once Miss Delaware?

Yeah Right No one IAnd sthe scat) AndI just happen to believe I a up the stairs to the second floor as quietly as I can--Lucy panting at e The door to Cooper’s bedroouest room down the hall froht on, and the light is flickering Like a candle flauest rooain Because if Cooper’s entertaining lady friends in our guest roo in His room is his inner sanctum--I’ve never dared venture into it…if only because he’s so rarely to be found in it Also because thousand-dollar sheets scare htly ajar Still, it’s technically open Which is why I push on it to open it a little farther, and say, "Hello?" for a third ti the doard-facing dog

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Love is a line in a badon the radio

And you, you’re nothing but trouble

But trouble knows the way to my heart

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Written by Heather Wells

"I find yoga extre," Dad explains "Back at caht It’s really rejuvenated me"