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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwSOiuwmyyR
Three whole days without seeing her.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡujB7XQaCbz
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghEzBZ6hZy
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIdLk7nVWpD
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ51XmsMnjUU
Tomorrow is the big day. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWklDDEkkT
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS3BbMliwYj
...and neither do I. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9765GJRZoE
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSawHkgDi0i
It has to be perfect. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ342EUbO4hE
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Just like her.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO6HYRBdcFD
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7JEmJJS7Th
That's going to be tough.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNuaO9loKOe
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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIsrhSTXuhX
Fuck, can I really pull this off?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaYammJ3LqK
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWxTLwLntZ
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGvv3H8UMb
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxq9NBe1NHx
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfrxCg1OAPG
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6L46cGO2po
Yeah, I like that plan. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozsnXi7gwY
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0S4qAsZmrx
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDs17H4QXdr
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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuTxmBgO4E
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLH3y9Oq41I
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdW85DAO1u
Shit. She's going to kill me.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NjC2iURKh
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc9IvXrdRO3
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYp5vOn8kSt
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx7hUsRydRz
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4BVO5JGV8l
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTNMBGUIM53
Kat: If you're sure...788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzW4ZsqEvXz
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO97bgmwgrE
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYmlpX2ixa
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCjouWSnPzA
Like there was anyone else.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfDMXTpDCTn
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Like there would ever be anyone else.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbC5VJHT2Ia
Shit, where did that come from?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP2B1Q03AA
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOgsDMOFxQH
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAdm8sTJpDD
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegzqQkdiuH
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDA7GBvyCX
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4lRZoFEYx
Ben: There are no other girls.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdJxnuvf49
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtBEIBcCEUB
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWXy5BzcniV
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dBGti5Asj
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshETLFjIyT
And prove it to her, I will.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp9lHo7szcT
Kat: Good luck.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMUvVQ7gQzF
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp1O80b7YIz
Kat: Like what?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcpzpAXVEQ
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKELnHMWSY
If only she really did. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv1eBLbGnxl
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKdpVGw9taK
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjGKam4p0w3
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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN6ESPYvVWa
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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiuvxSkr5hq
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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKfnX0qier
I don't pine after a girl.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGt5J694xs
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn4lwQqaduz
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Girls pine after me. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡycvQ00JdwV
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcSQpeLPUNx
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpjOIRQLajG
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPyYx9YvMQ
Would it?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡosaDhQ4GpX
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmBVEfE52i
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3cihQB45Qo
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwg1DXW2Be
Not for real anyway. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWnbo3t3vM
I am so fucked.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpF1fgfYEF
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwmOwYlsUz
I press the call button.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLegpQwkc1P
Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP67WW9Z6I9
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Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOloabom03
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaUuZHStWc
Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97L79S2t1b
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Ring, ring. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCDssQy4WJ
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbLIdzqaa6
Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixfCFnZJXW
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvSEpzQARgD
How does that even work?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQ84Z9vSRP
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp5lfCc3pSf
"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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNyruY85OtB
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrhO5nZFKnP
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡafD3yFr4r3
Click.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1j5xKYR4Dh
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhNH9bEC5ww
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIF2vzrFjLF
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyGZaTn7Z6
Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYM6knQ8rjm
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjQARw3iMQ
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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGSSv6Av7p7
Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMJ3bAh1xrg
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKJfFHx6BJs
Ring, ring.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡED7u8CYyt4
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdOuoC25VK5
Ring-788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SnDdNyJbg
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSnAXZI4P2x
"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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6ZNcxrkDZ
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpoWsXAGcx
"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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHviAf2c9sV
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlT7c6EUE89
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF7RLpWBHVU
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBJPekvz0Q
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI5FHBvU698
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL9yj5vTSu
Shut up, stupid brain.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVYqNVc0YR
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QIaCiCc9l
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv67gQHja2B
This time.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluK4zB5MYr
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH4RJefZmbG
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrdME1SFYN
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKs1HpYWTLm
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mEpXrccY7
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0bYoQnB6H4
"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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPP6z6ZSh2
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp2j5g6S6z
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oXDrmqV6p
"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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10sk40KYvY
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwJzeyvCIGR
"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. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLoFMmMS4NR
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMZjoDATGkl
"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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwmTg1aB9C5
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdZJVXIs8fW
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.788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU5wzL1UoRf
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvzd07W9ZNr
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 788Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡklSxJBphPp
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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