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“Beautiful,” I murmur

“Stop pointing that thing at me” Her eyes narrow as she smiles at the camera

“Oh, shut up You know you love it”

I roar with laughter Darcy Westin is soht about since she kicked me in the balls back in junior year—no doubt after I said soood stock back then Always ready with a witty retort and fiercely loyal to her friends, particularly Katie

Katie eyes widen She grabs Darcy’s arm, who frowns at her, but then her eyes spark with realization and she starts laughing

“What’s wrong?” That’s Lily

Katie flushes “This song …” She shakes her head “It’s nothing”

“What?” Lily asks, giggling “Since when do you freak out over Maroon 5?”

“Oh God, this?” Darcy groans “Kat played this song all the damn time when she was in love with Adainity for hiuess it’s not too late, huh?”

“Shut up,” Katie cries, laughing “God, that was so tragic, huh? I really loved him”

“You were head over heels” Darcy giggles “You worked hi you about randma or my explosive diarrhea and you’d work Adam in there somehow”

“We are talking about the saht?” Lily asks in disbelief “The one who tortured you?”

“Well, this was obviously way before that” Katie replies as she rolls her eyes “There’s no faster cure for a crush than the guy turning out to be an absolute asshole”

“How come I never knew any of this?” Lily asks

Katie and Darcy exchange a look

“It wasn’t just you,” Katie assures her “I didn’t want anyone knowing Darcy only knew because she readher eyes at her friend

“Oh yeah Your diary was a riot” She snorts “Love letters, poe Ada you wrote for hi that for me I wanted to die for you”

Katie buries her face in her hands, her shoulders shaking as she laughs

“Yes,” sheThank Christ it was you that I subjected it to and not hi it would’ve been if I had the nerve to sing it to him?” She shudders

She wrote ?

My lips twitch That’s kind of adorable, in a stalkerish, is she going to murder me in my sleep, kind of way I had no idea she even liked me like that

Lily giggles “Do you reoes?”

“The song? It’s forever i it for you,” Katie declares “Ever”

“Because you’re too