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"You’re not as happy as you say you are," I said

"That’s only because I stopped dancing"

Tears fell frolass I stepped in, stopping her "I’ll get it"

"Your feet are bleeding," she said "Did the bottle cut you?"

I looked down at my feet, bruised and battered from my run "No"

"Well then, you just have really unfortunate, ugly feet" I alood, storh tequila for a set you so all over led as she wiped her hand against herrude to h

I carried her back to ht after the vomit incident After I washed my feet in the hottest water known toaround at my place Her eyes were still heavily drunk "Your house is boring And dirty And dark"

"I’lad you like what I’ve done with the place"

"You know, you could use oing for the whole beast’s-palace-before-he-ive two shits abouta certain way"

"Why’s that?"

"Because unlike soiggled "That means you care what people think What you ht"

"That’s what I said"

She kept giggling "That’s not what you said"

God, you’re annoying And beautiful "Well, I couldn’t care less what people think of me"

She huffed "Liar"

"That’s not a lie"

"Yes, it is" She nodded before biting her bottom lip "Because everyone cares what others think Everyone cares about the opinion of others That’s why I haven’t even been able to tell hly attractive, even though he’s an asshole Because s aren’t supposed to feel any kind of feelings for anyone anymore--you’re just supposed to be sad all the time But not too sad because thatso that the butterflies still exist…that’s a probleed, because I care what they think"

I leaned in closer to her "I say fuck it If you think your neighbor Mr Jenson is hot, so be it I know he’s like one hundred years old, but I’ve seen hiet your attraction to his for the dude"

She burst out into a fit of laughter "He’s not exactly the neighbor I was referring to"

I nodded I knew

Her legs crossed and she sat up straight "Do you have any wine?"

"Do I seem like the type to have wine?"