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"There’s seriously vo"

She laughed and pulled me closer to her "Gosh, I ular hangout location?"

"Oh, most definitely"

As alked for a few blocks, Faye hadeach and everyMaybe a part ofthat if I stuck around, I would slowly start feeling better, and the idea of feeling better was kind of terrifying tofelt like exactly what I needed When I laughed, I didn’t have much time to cry, and I was so tired of the tears

"It’s kind of weird being here without Eround We were surrounded by kids with their parents and nannies, running around and playing while ent up and down on the teeter-totter One kid stared at us as if ere insane for hanging out at a kids’ playground, but Faye was quick to screaoddamn trap!"

She was so ridiculous all the ti on?" I asked

She blushed "I don’t know, like a ht"

"Eight?! What? We’ve been talking every day How has this not coh so much with Steven, you know? And it seemed kind of heartless to talk to you about my sexlationship" Faye never had relationships, but she was a pro at sexlationships "My shit was s on the teeter-totter, leaving h in the air There weren’t rew serious, but Steven had been like a brother to her They’d fought and bickered s I’d ever met, and they’d cared for one another socollege They’d known each other since the fifth grade and were the best of friends I hadn’t really seen her eyes grow sad since he’d passed away, but I was al inthe fact that my best friend had also lost her best nonrelated-brother She cleared her throat, giving ht smile "My shit was small, Liz Yours wasn’t"

She pushed up into the air "Well, I want you to always feel like you can tell , Faye I want to know all about the wild oldabout your life that’s small I hed wildly, tossing her head back When Faye laughed, the whole universe felt her happiness "I know! These tits are no joke"

"We should probably get you back to work before you’re fired," I suggested

"If he firedblue balls into his life"

"Faye" I blushed, looking around at all the people staring our way "You need a filter"

"Filters are for cigarettes, not for hu back toward the café, her ar each other’s "I’ her head on my shoulder

"Kind of back? What do you mean? I’ set there, babycakes"

The way she could see my hurt under the surface was remarkable I pulled her closer to o any time soon

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