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Well, here she comes I hope she’s not too mad I lied to her It was the only way Tracianne does not have a poker face My God, she should’ve seen herself coiveaway

Tracianne ran down the steps and I stood up For a second, I thought she was going to jump into my arms and kiss me She slapped me in the face as hard as she could Guess I deserved that

“Why?!” she cried “Why did you put h that?!”

“I’ized “But you’re a terrible actress Before you ca ht Iin the base I had to knock you down”

“It was so mean!” she whined

“I know, I know,” I said “I’m really sorry Trust me, if you had seen it from my perspective, you would’ve been on board”

“I would’ve never given you up, Phil,” she swore “I would’ve said anything to protect you!”

“Trace, no offense, but you’re a little eerly “I don’t know if you’ve noticed”

She nodded with tears welling up in her eyes She started crying and buried her face in uided her back down to the couch and she cried in ot her a tissue, and she blew her nose Coain

“Don’t do that to ain, we’re through”

“Fair enough,” I replied

With the air cleared, we sat back on the couch

“I feel like I got to knohole new person or a whole new you, with Ryan,” she said “How do you know so much about Alaska?”

“I was reading entries fro,” I adht? The bears and wolves”

“Yeah, I was totally prepared to run away to Alaska and be with Ryan,” she admitted

“Really?” I laughed

“Yeah Mostly to just get away froain”

“So I guess, technically, now you have no choice but to hook up with ain”

She blushed and started kissing et hot and heavy, so I pulled back