Ben729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgTjXOHdga
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9LJRUECZjq
Three whole days without seeing her.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fhtj0SufN
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yihS1Zpdz
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAs3DQ41ML
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuXxGLMsvdy
Tomorrow is the big day. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDxCSdAcDln
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZL6qban3J3
...and neither do I. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTX3Yp3vql
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLppOwOW8H
It has to be perfect. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhlHt7JGKNa
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Just like her.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFJta1BbeAK
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QUuKhYDON
That's going to be tough.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XwBelLcHL
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8p0Pe610uy
Fuck, can I really pull this off?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHdK789d6Pm
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjVJNEyCXux
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAx5Un7pB1m
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡczOQqmr5dS
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoNNlceAxcd
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKQuDiQ5pMe
Yeah, I like that plan. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVKGBeYLo6I
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVh89YlYJRi
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYanp6TWaFA
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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQEsyJQX4vW
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeO1gNiGiri
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNibIX8qDYR
Shit. She's going to kill me.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsIrlUE2TO
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ekwRas0cq
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ72D0chPkIp
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnXYMO9be5c
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9NFAiCsFqy
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa591UEAXg
Kat: If you're sure...729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2MeMFfEG2c
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡool1WmPbSR
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0hz4meCb2Z
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqzr4iHjxqW
Like there was anyone else.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdfdL406tFV
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Like there would ever be anyone else.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmTwcLuMSJW
Shit, where did that come from?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3xJ8g2mnIu
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpouz0BmUJ2
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2ZgFesMHXW
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAG9z4WQ8r
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3d93HgUuu
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡINQKMp1dNN
Ben: There are no other girls.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNBwDHpcJwn
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tMiukrGsK
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGItO1iC1M
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0WQW5Z6BO
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3H4dENe8h
And prove it to her, I will.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZgjyweFK9
Kat: Good luck.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTuwkZBiOj
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa2dVzU4OGY
Kat: Like what?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMk3bmNXnN
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvDPgYI9ahs
If only she really did. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgsebdWer2
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3bGA8cFcM5
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jm70dWwDJ
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6sX3a7RVi
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡza1E8bdJ9k
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1KEO2Qyn32
I don't pine after a girl.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsOxevdG2I
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZKiCxiZd8g
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Girls pine after me. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA44bZFsYja
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrc5JqpiiPg
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7dbJCjtMTE
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡucsr4kxRib
Would it?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDhVUaM4yZD
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcmnwsNndQf
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWIkuImLYsm
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEg7EJ009D
Not for real anyway. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeCrNmagZiW
I am so fucked.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡai9V04KjnP
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpkKUKXTNvw
I press the call button.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1SZUercMrU
Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTpWTBCKnMy
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Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBE4654p5a4
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdvaPrhPiE8
Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2yxfDfucE
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Ring, ring. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6imXkD9xm
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeu0k8j5NlM
Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcXILtGdCOW
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgQ2OPoQJ6Z
How does that even work?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVls9CINhoC
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScn2Dbxzhb
"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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7gUTaIALe8
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsIwLqXiIUR
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs0Ifo1uOcF
Click.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe17HFWUnMf
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRSK6NuMOHR
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP3XELrrc5Q
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfMaxlPw1c
Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2tw1VjRzY
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qPcAtPzbx
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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZu4s0byEGc
Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzX0XqVNatL
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV23h5tJNRr
Ring, ring.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRKnB5yjZt2
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcLsLToPvyP
Ring-729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOrfwQeUcJX
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBoKnqwJQPB
"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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7LWuuveNX
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5G1V22mD0Q
"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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBxgXX2F91
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSdApMnyRr
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPteCHyLwjA
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qOLUiNr4T
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkYP73oXHP
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzlAbITgOR
Shut up, stupid brain.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHNCoPGkISE
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfBNPtI816v
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVly6jab1K7
This time.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQuXZ7v9X9
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfXDFU1nMOP
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrvSMFhSBn
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwhUF7lT5sP
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsEFAeAVJY4
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1XihcF7Dn0
"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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDJMGHmkOgI
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvMH5BQSum
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtp4MxorcwA
"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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2wFzvk2pH
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyVrGp5oPUE
"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. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JUFpkaG09
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ643XU3s8P
"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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZBP2R0ePg
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt38UoK4pBJ
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.729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5g5v776in
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowBKGjNuBW
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 729Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxlFocZLAru
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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