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“Yeah,” I lie throughhere to hear her roans of Mr Thursday “What tih she is just going on a real date,with her information

“Around five thirtyish” She continues waltzing around the rooone by five just to be safe “Is Becks going with you?” She narrows her eyes at me with a smirk

“Yeah,” I lie not wanting her to worry She doesn’t like ht She says the streets aren’t safe for a young pretty girl at night She is one to talk But it isn’t like anything interesting ever happens around here I think thenee have had in years hen a body turned up in the river It only ended up here because of the current The crime didn’t happen in our little town

Taking , I ski whatever else she does to prepare

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Ithe drool fro and throw my hoodie back on

A few blocks over, I duck into Beans, a sift card Penny gave e a little on a latte and a vanilla crèreets ives rab a seat by theso I can people watch I often wonder where people are rushing off to and ireat lives, when in reality they are probably just as bored and lonely as I am

I pull hts about life, and es I takethe warm vanilla latte and pick at my Danish like a bird No need to rush I have nowhere else to be for a while So the tracks or I will sit on the benches and watch the birds while drea a train of my own out of here Not that I could ride the trains that pass through, they only haul coal

I nearly julass byup I see Aaron and Penny As they make their way inside toAaron is the kind of jerk ill swipe it and read it aloud if given the opportunity

They grab the seats on the other side ofher tight “It’s colder than a snowman’s balls out there,” Aaron jokes I shake les

“What are you guys up to?” I ask, Aaron normally has basketball practice and Penny says it always runs late

“Not o to dinner with ht I’d kill soency at the office Who knoe will get to eat? But you kno my mom is Family dinner isn’t family dinner unless everyone is accounted for” Penny rolls her eyes Her dad is a copy editor for the local newspaper What kind of eency could he really have?

Aaron leans forward putting his elbows on the table “You coht?” he has an arin planted on his face

“What party?” I play dumb I don’t want Penny to know Aaron already invited me Penny ant to knohen I talked to him without her

Aaron winks atI just lied to my best friend