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The breeze kicked up, re weather, as the wind stung her bare legs The cost of wearing a dress Which also had her feeling pretty stupid right about now

She always felt weird in dresses, owing that to her stick figure and excessive height She’d had to be tough fro her existence, she’d had to be self-sufficient

It had suited her to be a to around barefoot and cliht scenes her parents continually staged in their house, was better than sitting at home

Better to pretend she didn’t like lace and frills, since her bedroom consisted of a twin han

She’d had a friend when she was little, way before they’d moved to Gold Valley, who’d had the prettiest princess roo, a canopy Pink walls with flower stencils She’d been so envious of it She’d felt nearly sick with it

But she’d just said she hated girly things And never invited that friend over ever

And hey, she’d been built for it Broad shoulders and stuff

Sadly, she wasn’t built for pretty dresses

But she needed strength more anyway

She was thankful she had driven her own truck, which was parked not far down the street against the curb First date rule for her Drive your own vehicle In case you had to etaway

And apparently she had needed to etaway, just not because Michael was a weirdo or anything

No, he had been distressingly nice

She ot into the driver’s seat and started up the engine She pulled away from the curb and headed out of town Yes, he had been perfectly nice Really, there had been nothing wrong with hi with theexcuses for why a second date couldn’t possibly happen