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"It’s been months, Liz He hasn’t called once He hasn’t reached out except for some random pieces of paper every now and then That’s not nor normal about Tristan and me"

She pushed the seesan and looked up at me "Maybe it’s time to find a new normal, then You deserve a norht

I just wished the Post-Its didn’t bring ht coure things out I’ll be back soon I love you –TC

Wait forabout us Just please wait for me –TC

"You have purple stuff on your lips, Sam," I said as I walked into the café for my shift He was quick to run his hands over his mouth as I watched his cheeks redden For the past feeeks, Matty had started tossing Sam into the kitchen for the lunch service to learn to cook the café’she loved, and it turned out he was pretty a up a stack of plates to take back to the dish rooh the door, Faye walked out, and they did an aard tango of who-gets-to-step-out-of-the-way-first

When Faye sawme I smirked "Nice purple lipstick you have on, friend"

She sht it"

"I swear I’ve seen it before"

"Nope" She shook her head "I just got it last night"

"No, I o on Saers together, rushing over to osh, shit! Creepy Sam wears the same lipstick as me? I need to find myself a new color"

I cocked an eyebrow "You’re so full of crap So tell me"

"Tell you what?"

"Your nicknaosh, Liz We are almost thirty Do you think we can not act like five-year-olds for one day?" The seriousness in her voice as she walked over to the counter to get a custo up--until she shouted across the roo "And to think, these past few months you convinced me that Sam was a creep"