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“I love it I’d marry it, if I weren’t already taken”

“Is Adaain?”

“More interviews But they’ll be over in a couple weeks” Each as punctuated with a nibble

“You’re hanging out alone tonight?”

She shrugged “I’ot my cookies now, so I don’t need to leave for at least three days”

I chuckled “Sounds like a wonderful night”

What Andi said stuck with th

“Hey, Stella?”

She popped back out her partially closed door and stared at me expectantly

I bitmyself not to chicken out “Can you help me hat to wear for tomorrow?”

“You wanted to borrow so?”

I glanced back atit “Maybe you can help ?”

Her face was a slow- transformation from surprise to unbridled joy “Holy, shit! Yes!” She juether “Yes! A thousand times, yes!”

She stepped inside like she’d wandered into a vault overfloith shiny gold coins, instead of er-ransacked, but insanely sparse and sad apart of how crappy things were inside

An hour later, I was regretting my invitation