Ben804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcHNNUKKDKF
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHt8qdhhclG
Three whole days without seeing her.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡls9t07B04m
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSpFEjs1DTN
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6E6whdgnb4
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdeluaEsKd
Tomorrow is the big day. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLwRnUSU3m
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXxcB6Sqnk
...and neither do I. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtNfsi0JEN
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84ozzhlw5z
It has to be perfect. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZaX1nnaujB
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Just like her.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLzmdUXTYyS
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCvsJL0V4iH
That's going to be tough.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgE7jT99xJ
She's not very flashy, so it can't be a huge showy gesture... but it still needs to be in front of Vanessa, and maybe even some other friends. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJTa5Zagri
Fuck, can I really pull this off?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfijDv1ykt2
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKro1Uxorz
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QfnfVNY46
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWeeDUQ24H
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ayABRBHLb
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfO9ij1pfH4
Yeah, I like that plan. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFgF3LtFmJZ
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQriOrI8d14
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtg8YTfulAB
But what can I do? She's hated me this whole time, it's going to be hard to convince everyone she's suddenly changed her mind.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSHgbfJCokN
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIpINLiSQjX
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9pd8mSU2Oz
Shit. She's going to kill me.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxg1QCbvyB
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRfs9KLiRZ
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡparB5V6M2I
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbR04IWMMMn
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyQAtClDNRB
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHZnKHNiY2l
Kat: If you're sure...804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4YDFsbvzo
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgm6k7OPNIJ
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4x5yAskvLi
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl8TPlwfamt
Like there was anyone else.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4NvqO3sUt4
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Like there would ever be anyone else.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ662PVBXEt1
Shit, where did that come from?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYXXtNx9N4
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3w5YOQxaul
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2wkNryP1eV
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe9anLgvamj
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoExcRaVrk
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuujpFCBpuI
Ben: There are no other girls.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMQZnuVpgjt
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjXKu2FEDPG
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBkbKf0tT69
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XTZUCNIwH
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡETjRAebtst
And prove it to her, I will.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcI7SGyqtY
Kat: Good luck.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwsqO9z1xp
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSPI81XGsa
Kat: Like what?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzQ3w6vFx8
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFf1gxGN2J
If only she really did. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdMVfQeTEqP
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6nI6ULpnO
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsnsysrpmtJ
Now I just have to plan how to bring about my grand gesture. I'm going to have to irritate her, but hopefully it won't last. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3tl4EpCEI
I can't tell her what I'm doing because I want her reaction to be genuine. Oh man, this is going to be so hard. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡckYrtuRihC
I'm itching to call her, just to hear her voice... and spill the plan, of course. Mostly the last part though, because I'm definitely not pining. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6iLAJssY1
I don't pine after a girl.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ILH5uVLBS
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMqz1LGaS6D
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Girls pine after me. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrMxNVJst5g
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaHpxOFI1HI
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUXTbawrmbL
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHH5gj6Tt6s
Would it?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSyXZPMX97h
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl4pNdFv4SU
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcbFqBZXh2
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiEgPYFbRoa
Not for real anyway. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAM1lOICVo
I am so fucked.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjpIh8QXo9w
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzkRszJGUQA
I press the call button.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6bO65eoKC
Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsNEOvkzgrA
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Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcoPbykkML
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84j1LA2wFI
Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOxlNq92DOT
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Ring, ring. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4dcR7VITb
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHkgqe8CCDn
Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWu3LmBLNL
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjQQxybboxb
How does that even work?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnqFDydAlP
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHwKVLrmR9E
"Did you really just pocket dial me?" She giggles and I'm not sure what to say. Maybe I should just hang up and let her think it was an accident.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd80ei5gpQo
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7UUYOIeksy
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTyzq33KODT
Click.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ4NOwCzzfc
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOgcFf0R1h
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDriRqEot2
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9bqiWrt9jQ
Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIe9Oqu8YWy
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPdOIdVnBJs
I scramble to get up, but my body isn't cooperating. I finally manage to stand up, but the sheet is wrapped around my foot. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuygHKe1NeP
Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgHCDueGLdc
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy8iqeMbpcA
Ring, ring.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2zK1pcozB
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV9fa0ek6LD
Ring-804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNaKiZBjyaK
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFTa4Qto1l
"Hey, so you totally just pocket dialed me." There's amusement in her voice, like she caught me saying something, which I know did not happen.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQMHUEPtmmL
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnmM2kQ1Q9V
"Hey? Kat? I did?" Why is everything coming out as a question? I'm still trying to catch my breath, who knew a sheet could be so formidable.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpzRz3G1Kgr
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡROnCFymZkj
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNizcz2vamN
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U1Z1pbcro
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYz4jJtbjf
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ89MDsHVofM
Shut up, stupid brain.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7zGsFh6AhL
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0oyxkFPoeb
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi07UeOghIs
This time.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfzQutL9gnV
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIYSVl2stf
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatVymZizEY
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5fEcrLsfK
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyuS6mMBN4
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR3q3ZGQn8C
"Listen, if you want to back out, I completely understand. Just say so." Her voice comes through slightly defensive with bit of an edge to it. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMGUmnKflrR
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGQsdiPrDBH
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZKzOPKhY9
"You didn't call me, I called you." She sounds annoyed, but I'm honestly not sure how we got here. I didn't do anything.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7FrYNHD6b
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKaBJxztEyo
"Well, maybe you should tell me the plan, so I know you have one." She doesn't believe I have a plan? Oh, I will show her. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8dM5PyFCKs
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuIIAY6qr7
"Whatever, just go back to whatever bimbo you were just on top of and forget about our deal! I. Don't. Need. You." She spits out the last few words before hanging up.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHTDq6ZBKb0
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpYM4Ziup4
Me: I'm sorry, Kat. I promise you I have a plan, but honestly it's better if you don't know. Don't worry about a thing. See you tomorrow, Beautiful.804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgEColSz9b
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVm1WHwsuab
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 804Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRd7eyJeYYA
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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