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I skip to the bottoer

I tapthe words, and decide that kissing a stranger is a good stepping-stone Then a voice co me juer?"

I pressheart and turn to face the subject of my rumination

"You scared me"

"My bad" Contrary to his words, Torres doesn’t look the least bit sorry

He bends to pick up the spiral, and I lunge forward to stop him "Wait! Stop!"

It’s too late He already has ahold of it, and lifts it up above his head, coht, and when I try to juround

"Give that back"

"Hold up, sweetheart I just want to take a little peek"

"Don’t you dare! It’s private"

Frantically, I try to recall ritten on that page as he holds it above his head in an atte’?" he says, his eyes dancing suggestively "Whatever this isI like it"

I step toward hiles his body to the side so that the spiral is farther away, but we’re still close

" ‘Pull an all-nighter’ ‘Sing karaoke’ ‘Flash sos you want to do Please, God"

"It’s none of your business That’s what it is"

"Unlucky for you, I’e back, and e Not ever I hurlup his body in an atteh, and stand there as if there isn’t a whole person hanging on to hi at his chest

"Come on, you can do better than that"

"Nosy bastard"