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“Will you go on a date with ht, Guinevere Aurora Poe?”

“Yes”

“Pick you up at the arts and crafts corner?” He smiled

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nbsp; Rollingout I walked back down the grayish-blue hall while stretchingfor the work ahead of me Then she came out in front ofto walk around her

She called out to me “You should stop now”

“What?” I turned to her

She put her hands in her scrub pockets, walking forward “Whatever is going on with you and Eli, you should stop before you fall in love with him and he actually hurts you Eli doesn’t fall in love”

“I’ on between me and Eli isn’t any of your business—”

“I cheated because he didn’t love me” She cut me off

I wanted to slap her across the face, but she just kept going

“Eli is a planner He sets goals and has this whole layout in his et et married by his 31st birthday Why? Because his father did He dated me because I checked all the boxes for what he wanted in a wo we did; it was all just logical for him I wanted passion I wanted to be loved the way you see in movies So I cheated And—”

“How’s that passion working out for you?” I asked “Maybe you forgot who you're talking to, but I really don’t give a shit, Hannah If you don’t feel loved, you leave before you are in a white dress, walking toward someone You want me to feel pity—”

“No Like I said, I just wanted to let you know, because I hurt you already You should be with so around—”

“Stop talking to me!” I snapped at her “I don’t want to hear your words of “wisdom”; you aren’t my sister, or my friend You are the last person in the world I would ever take relationship advice fro away fro the curtain behind me Why couldn’t they just leave us alone? Why must we be as miserable as them?