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Josh seems to have a lump in his throat "Since he was a freshman?"

"Does everyone think we’re a couple?" Our classht that they were serious

"I don’t know" Josh shakes his head vigorously, but he says, "Probably?"

"Oh it difficult to breathe

He lets out a strange laugh It’s near hysterical, but it stops as abruptly as it starts "So are you dating anyone? Someone else?"

"No No one since last year"

"Cool" His fingers tap rapidly against the stack of Tintins

I fight to keepanyone?"

"Nope No one since last year"

I want to ith joy He liked ht he couldn’t like me It’s difficult to wrap my mind around this idea I suspected his attraction, but the full truth of the situation is unbelievable How is it possible thatcrush – has a crush on me? This doesn’t happen in real life

Josh is equally thrown He’s grasping for so to say when his eyes catch on the Sfar "There’s o down there?"

"No" I hug the book with both arms "This is exactly what I wanted"

Chapter seven

I’h a blue Albu – as ander towards the Seine We have another hour before I’ht time has officially arrived, and the streets are abuzz I feel as if I’ Both of us My voice has abandoned ht elbow, an anchor to keep him in one place

How does one proceed in a situation like this? If only the discovery ofout If only I could say, "Listen I like you, and you like o find a secluded park and touch each other"

We steer around a group of tourists pawing through bins of miniature Notre-Dames Josh ss "Just so we’re clear," he says, "I wasn’t, like, trying to steal you away froo to the store withto, you know…be your friend I don’t want you to think I’m a creep"

I smile up at him "I don’t think you’re a creep"

But Josh looks at an ornate iron balcony, a carved stone archway, an enormous poster for the Winter Oly but me "It’s just that last weekend I realized that even if you were, u out with you"

He wanted htens happily "Last weekend?"