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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2pPm0V26Q
Three whole days without seeing her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZDCIycrNc
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSksHQMx1pk
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HP3dwVfQo
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKRvVNhUDlk
Tomorrow is the big day. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomJu7EYzUw
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAhTNKTv8f
...and neither do I. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonsZ9MQNJf
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfuiPXLszJH
It has to be perfect. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnFinRfIJIt
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Just like her.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz2NEeVxUqQ
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxUY7UZ8rHC
That's going to be tough.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1vCifECKL
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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpsUCWKOwzK
Fuck, can I really pull this off?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡblxOtmFeus
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡesAJ2vMlvR
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVjs5yP3QJ
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSlM7pUKpM
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6DYITvlEy
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWk7VgZITIv
Yeah, I like that plan. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeYsrWTwkw4
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJSTtp0pWej
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMdaBbFQyFk
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkllziTukO
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPEkOkkUBPw
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhesi8LcT1
Shit. She's going to kill me.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpnsux9eSuv
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6WnLngLASA
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFa7laKCnq
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE76ht4K4gp
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbzNJdYCsd6
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqctlhXza8W
Kat: If you're sure...764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpFvTikrlLS
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVMR4f6kgOy
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYuElJfK9b
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBK5ojqNXI3
Like there was anyone else.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EWPhavSoW
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Like there would ever be anyone else.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZsOUuuBEMp
Shit, where did that come from?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUkco0UYij
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7CX01MBD2
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqELQjDV4M
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0zm0eYus5
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhtvTDb6ql2
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl2irpiMBEK
Ben: There are no other girls.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjupSzOI6Hi
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7WR9EIlPrU
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM8Xwc3oa0Y
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUWkgG0cgi
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWw8J2P847m
And prove it to her, I will.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK5ihsLWIZH
Kat: Good luck.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6K8v0CxLu
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMk4uZoidol
Kat: Like what?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3kIeHnB45g
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8w0DK5PvjC
If only she really did. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxvveMJUvlw
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZys0JEt9S
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfr82vwf9Ja
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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQ1sE8s4Nf
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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrV9dIQKmpY
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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSrxKIkcbq
I don't pine after a girl.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9MZEIAKeV
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNxVJ1tYjT
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Girls pine after me. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBO31cc6ppw
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5BSC1EgN3W
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFb1sOUXtv
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4UKmD3TWk
Would it?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkRozcQNDlZ
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNB94AmxSl
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe45sjzv4wH
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡix5xR0yzqz
Not for real anyway. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8u8IWP3X9F
I am so fucked.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL46PnaQYDx
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡni54nrBDyM
I press the call button.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXD2hcMDXzP
Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6CEYeeX1V
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Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGwIHkbLbE
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEekJsbA7J
Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tWtuttmym
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Ring, ring. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGvq5MvawBx
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTQ4KO7hxS
Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ZLPGXt2QG
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpvlONZGR0l
How does that even work?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ26h5c1ht5t
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwNXU7pGG2v
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqdxA0qzg4E
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv6vEaI0IyN
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtwysYOeR4
Click.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmLW0jkE0zJ
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyzoudHoiOq
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskiuCYKKiQ
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ832W0yYeoL
Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡom46IXJzv4
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhloZkJI2Z
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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWHnIdj7S4G
Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlnqckTq9L4
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMLX8GO4MPR
Ring, ring.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbM1oOjzgz
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNpRRsudwb
Ring-764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeHyxRhCORj
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdkwzqhP2c4
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGJt0PlTed
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgkEiHqbNX
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX5dUr6E1P
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZlVmQCnEYe
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj6ohcJvyDu
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZEIITFP7jm
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhYGXjVfE6
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYGwaLQ988b
Shut up, stupid brain.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSqeOYEXhxk
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdlivwwtoe
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXnWIzVid32
This time.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr14rynXlgP
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhR5eK6waO
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfgXGYWGg5f
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqX7k6xfV1V
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnvWemkG7fi
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjRL2lqZWWW
"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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVH9O8tZVf
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGDaX6WtVQ
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJA4lXKwRa
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO51cgwnVRn
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtlWuSrJtwn
"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. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbg98DxiDR3
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2oToN7z4H
"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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCJd7O13JlP
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ySfBuXWPG
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.764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKqPUdUBfs8
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxSIH4M4aXV
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 764Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4mbH9uJaA
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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