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All night, I talked to other people I didn’t look in his direction, but I always knehere he was I was painfully aware of him When he was nearby, my body hummed

When he ay, there was this dull ache With hi next to Anika, and he said soh I could feel my heart pinch I looked away

Tom stood up and made a toast “To Belly and J-Fish, a really”—he belched—“aive Taylor a look, like you think this guy is cute? Taylor shrugged back at her Everyone lifted their beer cans and wine glasses, and we clinked Jeremiah pulled me to him and kissedembarrassed I saw the look on Conrad’s face and wished I hadn’t

Then Steven said, “One uys” Aardly, he stood up “I’ve known Jere my whole life Belly too, unfortunately”

I threw ether,” Steven said, looking at ht, man

She’s a pain in the ass, but she’s the only sister I’ve got”

I could feel ed hi uess I should say souys Josh, Redbird Taylor and Anika It edfor hiave hiet it He said, “You say so,” I echoed “And, Conrad, thanks for this ahed

After dinner, I went up to Jereo out with the boys

The girls were staying behind I’d told Taylor she could go and get her flirt on with Redbird, but she said she’d rather stay “He ate his steak with his hands,” she’d said, looking sick

Jere was putting on deodorant, and I was sitting on his unmade bed “You sure you don’t want to come with us?” he asked

“I’m sure” Suddenly, I said, “Hey, re on the beach? And we named her Rosie until we realized she was a boy, and then we still kept calling her Rosie anyway?”

He looked at“It wasn’t me who found her, it was Conrad”

“No, it wasn’t It was you And you cried when her owners caot her”

“No, that was Conrad” His voice was hard all of a sudden

“I don’t think so,” I said

“It definitely was”

“Are you sure?” I asked hiave hi”

Had it really been Conrad? I’d been so sure of that lorious days before someone claimed her Rosie eet She was yellow and she had soft fur and we fought over whose bed she would sleep in at night We decided to take turns, and ot to keep her in ? I was a person who loved to play Remember When in my head I’d always prided myself on how I remembered every detail