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I plan on incorporating Mo fun,out on dates

Oh, and not thinking about John Logan That’s a critical component in the plan, because ever since I ran into hiet hiround, though I was surprisingly anger-free when I saw hiain Besides, I’an is serious about us going out, I need a lot rin He’ll have to up his gas open, and my back tenses as I turn to face my new roomie for the first time

She is…adorable Except I’m fairly certain that not only is "adorable" the last word other people would use to describe her, but that if she heard me say it, she’d kick my ass Nevertheless, it’s the first adjective that coirl Well, if pixies had black hair with pink bangs, a s, and wore cute yellow sundresses paired with Doc Martens

"Hi," she says cheerfully "So you’re Grace, huh?"

"Yep And you’re Daisy…?"

She grins as she closes the door behind her "I know The name doesn’t suit row up to be a Southern Belle like estures to herself fros

I do hear a trace of the South in her voice, though, a very subtle drawl that adds to her easygoing attitude I like her already

"I hope you don’tand haven’t had a chance to unpack yet"

"No worries Do you need help unpacking?" I offer

Gratitude fills her eyes "I’d love that But it’ll have to wait until this evening I just popped in to grabto the station"

"The station?"

"Campus radio station," she explains "I host an indie rock show once a week, and produce two other ones I’ and co to check if there are any available student jobs there," I confess "I was thinking of joining the school paper, but the guy I spoke to said their freelancer list is aAnd I don’t have an athletic or musical bone in my body, so sports and music is out, and all the other clubs I looked into sound insanely boring Or plain nuts--did you know the environ themselves up to trees to protest all the townhouse develops? And last year so because she refused to unchain herself during a thunderstor my cheeks heat up "For the sake of full disclosure, you should know I’ht find it endearing one day," I say helpfully

"Don’t worry, I’ as you proht terrors Seriously, it’s brutal I wake up screahter is out of control now "God, you should have seen the look on your face I proht terrors But I have been told I talk in my sleep so the waking hours, you’ll babble in the sleeping hours Match made in heaven"

Daisy unzips one of the suitcases on her bed and fishes around inside until she pulls out a bright pink iPad case She tucks it into the khaki-green canvas bag that’s slung over her shoulder and glances at , we actually are looking for people to help out at the station There are a couple of open hosting slots, but I don’t think you’ll want theraveyard shift And if on-air stuff isn’t your style, we also need a producer for one of the talk shows"

"What would I have to do?"

"It’s a call-in advice show Monday evenings and Friday afternoons You’d be screening calls, doing research for the hosts if they plan on talking about a specific topic, that kind of stuff" She gives me an earnest look "You knohat? Why don’t you coht now? I’ll introduce you to Morris, the station uys can talk"

I think it over, but it doesn’t take long to reach a decision Daisy seeer Besides, I wanted to an

It’s good to be ho, but there really is no place like it The irony doesn’t escape h--technically the house I stayed in all suht is home But I was never half as happy in Munsen as I a for two years

My firstback, and I’ht by blasting Nappy Roots in the kitchen while I scarf down some cereal The loud strains of "Good Day" draw the others from their bedrooms, and Garrett is the first to appear, clad in boxers and rubbing his eyes