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“It’s a famous scene”

“You don’t watch movies”

“We watch three a week”

“I guess…” She taps her nail against her thigh “You can’t have sex in your bed, Ryan The place where you’ve slept every night for the last year I get that it would be confusing But you’ve had a year Why not get a new bed?”

“That wouldn’t—”

“Or a new apartment? Why not erase those memories from your life?”

It’s a fair point Even if—“I have rent control”

“If you were broke, that would explain it But you have plenty” She takes another bite Ches “I get it Change is hard”

“I want shit to change The last year, I’ve grown ured out what the fuck I liked to do I figured out what I wanted”

“What do you want?”

“I want to run the shop until the day I die I want to take care of someone I love Start a family”

“You do?”

“Yeah I always saw that with her But now I just see it”

“You want kids?”

I nod “They’ll rebel by getting MBAs and wearing Abercrombie”