Ben740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhnvd5qEfjq
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHEdIZGLzvs
Three whole days without seeing her.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QjaUMFss8
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9qoijPXVJ6
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4R4fFBSLl
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiMb0GLmez
Tomorrow is the big day. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6gb7z7gP1
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡthxhfizysw
...and neither do I. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u8EHUnfOZ
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6glk4rTYQ
It has to be perfect. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRiwA9pCMt
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Just like her.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOTfSawBUAO
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhzByX2eV9
That's going to be tough.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMsyH0uwclC
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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGhzxLAZzSf
Fuck, can I really pull this off?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkHmPqxUTX
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgL47EnmLel
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL2d18rw4c
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXvSDmHEhHm
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorV4JcZxXb
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4LXZ1orNeC
Yeah, I like that plan. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvqW0KnJoIx
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKqWt5zFiv
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSH6kHMJwQ
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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAXJlY84uVd
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvGtn8reZ3l
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeG8uRUB6PA
Shit. She's going to kill me.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEyFmKfd0w
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNbvQFOWrX
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXPMylaFEao
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr7uu0m1cQ4
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAq0Cq0Po7K
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU0zM22GiKq
Kat: If you're sure...740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJSdhlxYhL
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVhuLvVXPY
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBZJCBzPIc
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMc7BxF7DeC
Like there was anyone else.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGubFiw6MQb
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Like there would ever be anyone else.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEcVbiOlodc
Shit, where did that come from?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡglLD1U4iMZ
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Kqaz8PLnb
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAMbMgPmmuQ
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAPKAAmYFM5
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDSxE9SnGF2
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxNkHK06hqE
Ben: There are no other girls.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF90LtZA1gt
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTfIVnJMNyU
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkl7y2ex75
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhxrLJo5bpo
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9s9gtVL0z
And prove it to her, I will.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0v4gqU1KZS
Kat: Good luck.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLCmxgZLfJg
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAnrVK4gf2B
Kat: Like what?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjeiNl8W0jE
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4e3ORn3j0
If only she really did. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr9FqADMaa
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Dm7jOHihL
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlAhN1wm0iT
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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ32PozBiXXf
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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPOSJde1sGm
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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLQT7swt5pl
I don't pine after a girl.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfC6Hxnmd9
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlbsia8x84C
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Girls pine after me. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoXr5z9SC23
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0M7KOm1tue
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz3OVTE7zQr
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZcJE1iyiY
Would it?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgiSJln2W4T
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVb1bJ4fCw0
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu3iDMvURD0
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9I4o1OgMqK
Not for real anyway. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffyP4qXCVW
I am so fucked.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI3uRBGewyD
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM816zIjHdw
I press the call button.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8gWfvNpfOv
Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPVgv1eFK1Q
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Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhS0Ul5FXl7
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFnegI0HIh
Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmeOz7kjNdm
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Ring, ring. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUQStVg2sAA
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOal5q5ZAB1
Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYVS2fkgkFz
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0ljKxs0ih
How does that even work?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZwq7TgfMO9
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazCkWkmeno
"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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg9ltYeK4X
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNYkCIEKgvY
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvHd3ghmler
Click.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJj5w4zkPrc
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtF6YQhtAwJ
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ58oxJH04U0
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡilobS3GwjJ
Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MRyFhQwrP
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZdEbnNzbC
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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPbusStOpzH
Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmG82KfAiDv
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIcy6oDdQW
Ring, ring.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgss0jT4gX7
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4hqtaTmjFh
Ring-740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNCQ5Xvbv0S
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡieoyE7aVEc
"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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnW8Z68xBTJ
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3vU4k0b0o
"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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrbU8bi061
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7OFec4Shp
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzg1GTb4pUI
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqT4t6GCcP
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KvfThbK3g
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMT71fhmWm2
Shut up, stupid brain.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfGFnzueoKF
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16JeWGiDvH
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKJvfvHBMm
This time.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmGIjti8Cvw
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvhUV50XZ80
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEv1W9QROJ8
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhty5QzdIjm
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpJvEa9N36L
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCtG7CuWLJ
"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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaMeO7ewa25
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk86JjcC3FL
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzN23Olameb
"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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfvu2RY1lVb
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxN3SFmX6Ub
"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. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhzQSKd2YRD
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡema8LxYSUI
"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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvILCY5gHAi
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zPnrVdpb6
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.740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs2cBgjw9HM
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2AnyAwhNk
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 740Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7nOfI5ROu
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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