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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhLzQkHnJ9
Three whole days without seeing her.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9upt3Nvfi2
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ122evExH1L
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvVwKKeKpll
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe43dKdSawo
Tomorrow is the big day. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDlVsqYPN0r
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡihIRgX6JxB
...and neither do I. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fgpqyYZzz
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEQwausLwKL
It has to be perfect. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0j1TZf2aDm
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Just like her.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFccge0TUg6
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VUgVqJtj4
That's going to be tough.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRq182KmABn
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyKYJ74zNwE
Fuck, can I really pull this off?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmEV4K7rE8
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡICvkqbrfkH
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwIG7ngDoq0
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ12tquktapk
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL6rAfigcOw
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7ZLKILQIN
Yeah, I like that plan. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf83h0zCHGF
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ34hxgCnRlS
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrkzuKuz9v
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡytlUtenEfa
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhQROF2ORa
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWKUHq089H3
Shit. She's going to kill me.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtdZc1rXs1
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiggROqHWvv
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0VgiAUsS4
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWczoevG872
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKPQ9HkzQj
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOYNfP0dR6t
Kat: If you're sure...777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZzAZrLJz0
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPqJTOzfZBZ
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIR22735k3
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9pSHW700S
Like there was anyone else.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDGWq5CzUAK
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Like there would ever be anyone else.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySDNvedWd0
Shit, where did that come from?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnIUlkkfMyv
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX1rTOoj8qN
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfFd0qejMNo
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJwCXOR8i1r
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2VlvZyj9k
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUDbJOuk0O
Ben: There are no other girls.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzknEgPmjWT
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6stB6dc3hq
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGd709AriLR
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPIauW1lBA
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwXilDLCNOU
And prove it to her, I will.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zkS1jgnM6
Kat: Good luck.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuhDinkW30i
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDoH1dpAq37
Kat: Like what?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSbhfIIZ7jB
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9XcH11msq
If only she really did. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQZEhJhBld
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdcymiTSD0z
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjb18rV19x
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwtZQ85OixK
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡymEJr9EJlO
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgCEA92zzLW
I don't pine after a girl.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHI5vJeqZen
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd6Me5r1rfM
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Girls pine after me. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmHq1UQZc7
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc4LGT9Kbrv
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRK3qyyefwz
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWwxmFEKtC
Would it?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡylXMuO1i4R
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4gnV8NMgHT
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLKh8CaR5w
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcZl4Ck0pe
Not for real anyway. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9pLp0yf3E
I am so fucked.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡorVKzxy6Ww
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn9Dmv283jx
I press the call button.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6cbtFMJlt
Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo4fPpl6lrB
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Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pO953qO2w
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqxWfVOhz7g
Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7uoBwz2Tnr
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Ring, ring. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgXTDvVgFHt
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG2AFlqajKh
Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDZlUQDMmYv
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWc9UghgbU3
How does that even work?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh4iV3HCxUD
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMnKhkWdwxp
"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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5PqABIUhUt
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN9YYgSFsrT
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡds32gKcqBa
Click.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSw87cdNWLV
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrE98hBRyKp
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwnC2fBphmw
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkLDUVdo1ZY
Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCEmmeJoBBv
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfOcdc1PwW4
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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdM1GRfkGWj
Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWbLMAqaxt
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRuMvLf5BhC
Ring, ring.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYY5Rd9AA6
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTmfZAe5Uz
Ring-777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoC9PJO4QPE
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkm70cOv3Y
"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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpZ11CdoEs9
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwym9u9lid2
"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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsHPslmYpB
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDg5yJOjdnD
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Er7WEsJsk
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ14g3X63jql
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6TSYUzrZR
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYMjzCRDafP
Shut up, stupid brain.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSK7GyBC0g5
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHB715NADn
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyerKTJI3lN
This time.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr8z2AhlmI3
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS1h9cItzaS
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfJYAU0inuw
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Jfgzhcmt5
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE2HlgE5LzS
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡViG5VAroEM
"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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84s5CMDXg4
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfB9FYzBpF0
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6JRE6A8Btj
"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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ75Gg2t2vsz
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkhxi4b4ZGp
"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. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6MONjdAIU
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdAx44aSzPB
"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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYjZzL17sgd
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgST1XoflIG
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.777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaPD0M3X4Fa
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgB0zXDSZrS
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 777Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlh0ZUGDYXE
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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