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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMjVitILPiI
Three whole days without seeing her.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1IJQdhCEAL
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FXVeLVnq4
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDMMTCepnjA
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt2dAQJIS5r
Tomorrow is the big day. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg1AYweXin
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwpXXaVqkzO
...and neither do I. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ0zyzsUw9u
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqZs0qPdMFQ
It has to be perfect. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMtnDuZOTa
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Just like her.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuugXUnb6Lu
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlmHIJiN5Dr
That's going to be tough.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBassq2JE3Y
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJnEON4XC4
Fuck, can I really pull this off?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZnygb0kFUr
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3Lv6TQfuS
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTOSZnUHiuD
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPbrh6s0eE
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFLwOdS57Ei
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx0mq0WJlSO
Yeah, I like that plan. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡysA8RLC6VU
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTv3GgioDZT
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9E8pfDML9t
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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvLQGPm7y8G
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmpKbjb4kJv
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2CwVC2VoP
Shit. She's going to kill me.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo1Xbi1x0Xw
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jXysMn1IA
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ47B94DzSCx
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf6Z4wr0Lhs
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl889L4yfWs
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA20wSUfVPE
Kat: If you're sure...728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO8fWqnYDUl
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWZCHSuMtRm
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFwGyZuZVg4
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaju7yP3fT
Like there was anyone else.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsdtUv0tLIU
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Like there would ever be anyone else.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGRc9jl43aL
Shit, where did that come from?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLGKtg58qLd
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ2WrbE66o
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsQtFMf4UZv
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4HCE9NXDmD
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68WMQxAQzu
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcQEUfYefDn
Ben: There are no other girls.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8XJ0OwGTpZ
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtAJIUc9tO2
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Jq3qlHZUN
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk49ttBfRcx
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijlQctJpjJ
And prove it to her, I will.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Qs959tQp2
Kat: Good luck.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWAxdYi74A
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk6pOrftSk4
Kat: Like what?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWHuUW3lsv
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqcCpc7x2EI
If only she really did. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FXRjxnT09
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vekeFTyvx
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8pUw8rq0xx
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAVcDqLmX3c
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOV60n5KmK
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Sxwjkz3n0
I don't pine after a girl.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXdVEEWCyAS
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJKgN4IfmRj
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Girls pine after me. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0RpmVUKTx
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLFj9KoT1dH
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlDHtPgn3kK
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxF9DSzQrg
Would it?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfyqJyyxLu
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNFvGUU88KE
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5B44CLq1M4
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5I4TKacx1
Not for real anyway. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWs7ZEDE2uy
I am so fucked.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwVRN3slK7
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRu09MyRMKJ
I press the call button.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSol7dQWeho
Ring, ring.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNmdIZEmAD
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Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8yhzQVvUWW
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Ring, ring. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGMZzrKA3C
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGJ2TIICBa
Ring, ring.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIZxQNhfnFW
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnrZdYlbTo7
How does that even work?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbBSZTh42Ns
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFZvMPlxkpC
"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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6LHm3YM8Ho
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzhIAA07lFx
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflkwhSNfts
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Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXQu4gH6GG
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuMgnUF4PQC
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNNfewO4tnB
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I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVGBqCrAgCf
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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM2t750XQ76
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"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIjUZwPUvcr
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"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp8AAA0l6w4
Ring-728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYviLAYR78
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7gZMZKKdZ
"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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR8KPPUeBwd
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4SKBVjyzHY
"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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkWpWRgcVh0
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPox4wN5cd
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNnF5kGgM9o
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4f8JUmeT40
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPgGlanLInr
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWTyDYXXwH
Shut up, stupid brain.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡijH3S4V68s
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u4YtjSKV7
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMuBuhOpO0
This time.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkMZ8L4Rf2
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkuzIsVm8z
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0W1oGezEw5
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡghdOJCtR9I
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3d7aSJV8w
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnfDrpANVgC
"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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyTRHoDbDli
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1QjPnu8sri
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgO4A0JE5ot
"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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdp1oCuYhc
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhmjDpru0lC
"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. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRZf1iBMQeA
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY9WqP5KEYH
"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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV0MsNNxyHI
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeIedcPovNQ
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.728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvnNgDiKWZi
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTlrcad3AJG
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 728Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSW47w0rOQR
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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