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“Let’s be just like theine We could play games forever”

“Let’s talk about it when you’re not crazy with fever”

“Yeah, right When I’ood” I take his hand and put it on my forehead to hide my sudden despair

“I won’t,” he tells me He smoothes his hand away, over my hair

“You hate er” I’m pathetic I hear it in my voice

“Shortcake”

“Stop calling me Shortcake” I try to roll onto ainst

“Watching you pretend to hate that nickname is the best part of my day”

When I don’t reply, he almost smiles and releases me “It’s time to tell me about the strawberry farm”

It’s a sore point—and it’s also not the first tiive hi time

“Why?”

“I’ve alanted to know Tellwhisper will be the death of me

Incanvas u to tourists while their kids run on ahead, buckets clanking The alien hum of cicadas fill the air There’s never silence

“Well Alpines are also called ‘Mignonette,’ and they groild in France on the hillsides and they’re as big as your thu flavor intensity for their size”

“Tell me another”