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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxVjtAsy86
Three whole days without seeing her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCoUjeeTXl1
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6xBXKEqdNm
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC4hG74sqvB
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUWm4wI5jQp
Tomorrow is the big day. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhglK2dBcrY
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjSAVTUq8x
...and neither do I. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI8jYq8yIyr
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq7LNR5P7Y3
It has to be perfect. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS08FIgxSC
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Just like her.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXenl8U32NG
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpUUpy2obk4
That's going to be tough.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmaNSiczHyV
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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUy0J8P9fyp
Fuck, can I really pull this off?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvZmCac9EVF
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvJiRntmYFQ
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVXxehJ1obq
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTy0DijTzD
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkvP0HLJ458
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7iTwfpW7U
Yeah, I like that plan. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUKU1oEK5L
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXangOc3zMq
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK41sPjN77i
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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMGXZMfOhK
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG6xoHxJma7
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQwV1oi8L3
Shit. She's going to kill me.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gXE1qPoTm
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDmAdidt6v
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDgT8krWl4U
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT5BlVywbWF
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJXm60UVluO
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQEOed7BDN
Kat: If you're sure...748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSdzhbYw1D
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFVTluITOMW
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcd3VszIN0B
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDDdPYTusZl
Like there was anyone else.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1o3A5ka11
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Like there would ever be anyone else.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwiF0bh2Jc
Shit, where did that come from?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DzdmjLIvc
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIt8W9HDBvW
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvmAx4bGw6F
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnX5rjF7YmT
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuEBcfX3FDo
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYUGcqxVLVp
Ben: There are no other girls.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgo56qTffXE
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xvMiwW5cF
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjdAwpk9xO
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyY10yZsDRT
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbalUthFQna
And prove it to her, I will.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBYXAzwzYkS
Kat: Good luck.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZdKatuLS0
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡndZc2m3Dz0
Kat: Like what?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjgV9HJhKkA
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmcsSuOX7uM
If only she really did. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGErU6VJRyU
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7ukMJVBkR
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0EIIQWk5K
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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fOVZn0kEL
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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbojeQ26ScB
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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hPCaV5kLK
I don't pine after a girl.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHlbCb0haU
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlsz7UwijLy
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Girls pine after me. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4OQgiJkgt
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9of7pbWfa
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJ9N2GR9z4
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1dJbGGRPx9
Would it?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡked7tetHzx
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHXN9JDOKkj
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90R7IoXP3R
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnOKtJUYiwe
Not for real anyway. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSXRqjXd743
I am so fucked.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE4b4NTTAxf
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazsfd7OmRi
I press the call button.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQBtLeg5c67
Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvZ2TXhq2b
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Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrBIzwwZpfZ
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6r0uZCkl2F
Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXbeEkaGiA
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Ring, ring. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNcDwAJzg0
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhGJt4NDK9F
Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVIe3ogqQJ
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNK8vOcbo6
How does that even work?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEEzQNN0uS7
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42rMqqRFWc
"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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4jucrHsxN
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkG0SY3IU9u
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkuYvN37Y9Z
Click.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QOYd7EgvI
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ1fOoMCDj1
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlaytYajmaX
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBzQ5G2i8VK
Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqZsjpiSr2
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk592u2Wy6b
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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkVdU8sEXRZ
Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRnBmcU2u3o
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡriyGewwaDF
Ring, ring.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLy0Vdg1sHH
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2H2X0bIsTT
Ring-748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHQWLI8W6Ib
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEHRweqHpJt
"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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE6uAYFvQQa
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfD6qD9J99d
"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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSrWeHJE2xd
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvG2wq2PFRD
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGgGgN4RIS
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYmAxz1l6nE
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSmecwsCf1D
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGBUTkXdiX
Shut up, stupid brain.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbYzB4GKYJ5
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTk6YRdjEI
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3JjDup5YQB
This time.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrmbY07fqW
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCteAZDCAs
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzUr0K6fBb
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPnAE5MDLFE
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEwtyWPGlgY
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgKC2H7wawF
"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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1TDiMJTYNc
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy3TdYA5xoF
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UaaSZS64H
"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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ250axSg5q8
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnAN5c6qT94
"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. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AH9PjvX9o
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRVmXS9ilB
"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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVgDgYRqqcX
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu6g7MqsDuN
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.748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAzot8vLwFX
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgoxG7mKSUJ
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 748Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWNvA8W0Ky
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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