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“He asked if I minded if he asked you out I told him it was fine It botheredaround It has to be this way for now, so there’s no reason you can’t see other people I le and open to dating Jake’s a good fire uess”

“That’s a fabulous recommendation He should have you write his Tinder profile for sure,” she joked

“I’o out with him”

“U one eyebrow like she was more pissed off than surprised at my statement

“I can’t take you out publicly or tell everyone you’rewords together Even the word girlfriend felt stupid and inadequate I expected her to laugh when I said it, but she didn’t

“You knoho else had to sneak around?” she said, “Root married Just because they didn’t tell anyone didn’t make it less real”

“You knoho died in the last act? Romeo and Juliet They’re not my role models here,” I said

“I don’t want to see anyone else And it’s bullshit that you even suggested it I don’t know if you were trying to hurtto act noble and crap, so I’d be the one to say I want to be exclusive Either way, I’ame,” she said, exasperated

“It’s not that I want you to see other people I don’t I didn’t kno to handle it when Jake brought it up The only reasonable thing to do was to give him permission”

“U people per-daddy-for-peries bullshit here”

“I’m a friend of the fa you a feeeks ago He thought it was the honorable thing to—”