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I made a face at her “That’s not why I—”

“Liar! You wigged out, so you wigged out” SheDo you kno he feels?”

I inspected my cuticles “Not really I mean, I think I do, but I’m not sure”

“So talk to hirown up and call him and talk to him”

“Maybe I’ve already screwed it up”

“Orwill be fine Because he’s into you I have a feeling he’s wigging out too Hopefully he didn’t shave his head or so”

I laughed and ran a hand overinsecure about it now that I’d been called out “Do you really think it’s that easy?”

“I really do I mean, even if he doesn’t want to be with you, that would be better than this, right? Because then you could just try to get over it”

I sighed “Yeah” And then I thought about calling hiht about just being with hiarette set back to the happy place, Ramona”

“Tell him how you feel, and let him tell you how he feels Once you talk about that, you’ll both feel better And instead of having to text Ronnie BEAR TRAP, you can talk to him about it”

“Traitor!” I shouted at Veronica, who shrugged

Rahs “Just call him It’s the only way to stop the crazy I know you’re afraid, but not talking to him is what made you crazy in the first place The only power anyone has over you is what you give them”

I took a long, deep breath and let it out slowly “Okay”

She watched me for a second “Okay?”

I nodded and s for my phone “Okay” But before I could even unlock the screen, it rang in my hand

The nunized It was the first nurammed into my Razr when I was sixteen and the number I’d dialed from my mom’s cordless phone

Rodney fucking Parker was calling me

I stared atout of it to answer “Hello?”

“Pen?” His voice was faer and ease

My eyes were big and round, and my mouth was sticky and dry “Rodney?”

Ramona’s mouth popped open

He laughed “Holy shit I can’t believe you kept the same number”