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I have never felt this way before about any girl Ever I sound like a coood way And I’ve known her less than a week
Souess that’s all it takes
“I love this restaurant” She looks around after the waitress brought us our plates, the sht her to this tohere I grew up “It’s so cute And the food s in don Carot a doll-like feel to it, lots of cottages everywhere and everything’s tiny, all the narrow passages and secret hideaways It’s like a fairy tale
“Dig in,” I encourage because I’ and ready to take my own advice I ordered a chicken club sandhile Fable ordered some sort of Asian chicken salad I take a couple of bites, so involved in stuffingout on the look of pure bliss on Fable’s face as she eats
I set the sandwich on my plate, completely transfixed It’s ridiculous, my reaction to her Doesn’t help that I’ she does see that salad Her eyes are half-closed and she’s wearing this dreaue doing one
My appetite for Fable co Like, the best dressing I’ve ever tasted” She looks at ht you were hungry?”
“Uhh…” Busted
“You’re not eating You don’t like it?” Her concern is sweet, but this has nothing to do with a freaking sandwich and everything to do with her How much I want her
And I want her pretty dao with this and not worry about the consequences We’re attracted to each other She won’t have any expectations, and neither do I My turbulent past can be pushed away and replaced—at least temporarily—with new ood” I take another bite to prove it and she smiles her approval before she starts back in on her salad
It hits me then that we’re on a lunch date I’uy alive I play football, I get good grades in college, I have girls dying to go out with irl on a date Have no idea how to be in a relationship My past has turned me off of all that stuff and I’ve let it rule ,” Fable says after she takes a drink of her iced tea “Does your faether or what?”
“Not really” Well, we haven’t sincethere Too heavy of a topic today “The last few years we’ve gone on vacation during Thanksgiving”
“How fun” Her smile is sweet but it doesn’t quite reach her eyes She’s just saying that because she thinks I expect her to She sees how fked up we all are