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I sat there in silence, feeling her words plow into me like a ten-foot wave

She took a sip of her drink “Just so happens, he ht be the one person who can make you really, really happy, too”

“So what should I do?” I asked, half in sarcasm, half in despair

“You want to go out and live life and write about it, right?”

“…yeah”

“So go out and live life so you can write about it, dumbass”

I grio see him and write the fuckin’ article”

She toasted lass with hers “Go see him and write the fuckin’ article”

56

Four Years Ago

A couple hours after Shanna and I erator cauys, and they went froes on hand trucks as people packed up to go home

Then, an hour after that, Derek stopped by with Ryan in tow

“Oh my God!” Shanna squealed, and pushed a lock of her hair back flirtatiously “It’s so good to see you!”

“Good to see you, too,” Ryan said nervously, then looked at me “Hi, Kaitlyn”

“Hey, Ryan” I turned to Derek “What are you two doing here?”

“Well… I knew you were leaving after your exao, by the way?”

“I think I did pretty well, actually I think”

“Good” He sht paid off”

Shanna snorted

I blushed

Ryan looked around, confused “What’s… what’s the joke?”

“No joke,” I said quickly “There’s no joke Soooo… did you come by to – ”

“When are you leaving?” Derek interrupted

“This afternoon, I guess”

I actually didn’t want to leave… but considering what had happened last night, it was probably a good idea to get the hell out of Dodge

“When are you leaving?” Derek asked Shanna

“Soon as I get htly