"Just choose a place." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IpltL9Cf4
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"I already said I don't care where we go."880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Bd5D7axWl
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"Riley for the love of everything holy and pure just choose somewhere to eat!"880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeJgXMxD6W
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"Aah! Okay, okay, what about there?" I pointed to a neon flashing sign.880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHhII7MFCXU
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"McDonalds? No. I'm talking sit down restaurant where we wait for beautiful well-cooked not plastic food!"880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXLw9MwrP8
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"Ellie," I sighed. "Fine. What about the one next to it?"880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaN0Hr5tg1C
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"Joe's? Hmm, okay. I haven't been there in months." She flipped on her signal, turning into the driveway happily. After she parked, we both stepped out of the car and closed the doors, Ellie pressing a button and smiling when the 'beep beep' of the car confirmed it was locked. "That is so satisfying." Ellie commented. I shook my head at her jokingly.880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLBVis3gc2Q
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We walked into a dingy looking bar that was almost vacant, aside from two or three people scattered about. One was sitting at the bar, the other two playing a game of pool. As we sat in the squeaky bar stool, a grubby man with a curled mustache greeted us with cheer.880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCcnJXfQHd
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"Ah, Miss Ellie! How good it is to see you again! Who is your friend?" His voice had the slight shadow of an Italian accent, his eyes gleaming a joyful blue. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2I0HTyRcZ
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"Joe, this is Riley. She's my roomie at TWDU, and enjoys being antisocial." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9MGl4TiVCW
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"Ellie." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18IxntxVBn
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"She also enjoys typing nonsense on her computer, and-" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH0ufUl5wRd
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"Ellie." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAemvdD4fYj
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"Most of all she loves to tou-" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd32wDCw9YN
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"Ellie!" I flushed. "I can speak for myself." The bartender Joe let out a hearty laugh. "It seems like you two are fine friends. What'll it be, ladies? First rounds on the house!" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3a6iEaXReY
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"What? Are you sure? We can pay you know." Ellie's eyes raised in surprise. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkpAW7Lryc
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"Nonsense! I know how you are with money Miss Ellie. Your drinks are on the house, but I'll let you pay for the meal." his eyes twinkled when he smiled, revealing the rows of his teeth. I noticed that he had many fillings, perhaps the result of one too many sweets. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBFf0Nd4rO
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"Oh alright. You can't keep treating me like this, okay?" she sighed. "I'll just have a Coke, I'm driving tonight. Riley?" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrr5lWN7zdQ
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"Water, please." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDqgbc0giUk
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"Riley," Ellie gave me a look. "Water is free here as it is. Please at least have one drink." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZ4O1RNcCv
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"You are really trying, aren't you?" I mused. "Have it your way then, I'll have a Jack Daniels mixed with Orange Crush soda, please." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqqdAm49Utw
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Ellie raised an eyebrow. "Jack Daniels, huh? I don't know you were into that stuff." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwL2YmKm9ub
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I chuckled. "I had it once in high school, I guess the taste stuck with me all the way through." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuW8wj2mSgT
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Joe returned with a clean glass filled half with the alcohol and half with the soda. He left the soda can beside the drink. "Feel free to mix it as you like. Would you girls like menus?" Ellie nodded, taking a sip of her own drink.880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWg9u2JeAy
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I glanced to the side, observing the man a couple seats away. He had a troublemakers smirk on his face, untidy brunette hair and emerald eyes. The man wore a baggy hoodie that bore the TWDU crest on the left shoulder, as well as a dirty pair of jeans that I suspected he'd probably worn throughout the week. He caught my eye, smirking, and I turned back to my drink. Weirdo. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkj4xaWwUjz
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"We're you looking at him?" Ellie startled me. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡody1kpFEkV
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"No. I was merely observing him." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0jR37Ry7W6
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"That's the same thing." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fmAItKeIN
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"Shut up." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZESblx9NnL
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Just then Joe arrived with our menus. Thankful for an excuse to avoid Ellie's questioning gaze, I looked at the sandwich selection. BLT, Club Chicken, none of it appealed to me. I glanced over my menu, only to see the smirking guy staring at me. I glared at him, trying to keep my eyes on my menu. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppkYJzjHh5
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"I gotta pee." Ellie announced, smiling at me and retreating to the ladies room. Gee, thanks best friend. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqEn6BLzxN
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I kept my eyes firmly on one item: a double cheeseburger. But he kept staring. I sighed.880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoS2UbO2Ia
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"What?" I snapped. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvRJ3MzXWv
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"Me?" he said, checking over his shoulder jokingly. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd440HlDYSE
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"Yes, you. Why do you keep staring at me?" I scowled. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb4a1CcuOBb
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"Aww, come on. Don't look so grumpy. You were a lot better when you smiled." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9knATY1R3e
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"I suppose you want me to take that as a compliment." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbibm24PBX
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"That would be the ideal outcome." his eyes shone with interest. I made an 'ugh' sort of noise. "Well, you'll have to go find someone else that will buy your corny act, because it definitely isn't working on me." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmoaiyVsab
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"I'm Pip," the guy said. "Some of my friends call me Pip Pip Cheerio as a joke." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOPiWxtZGbt
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"I can see why it would be made as a joke." I retreated to my menu, ultimately deciding on a simple burger. Damn it all, I thought. I know your intentions are good, Ellie, but you didn't have to leave me here with this prick. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyUw7N3eKY
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"Say, what's your name? I'm honestly just curious. You are rather pretty." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbN9HIP947
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"I'd rather not say." I buried my face further into the menu. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg4m3yeU07a
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"Well, I'll guess then. Hmm..." He narrowed his eyes, as if peering farther at me than normal. Wait, that is farther than normal. Is he..? 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrsLrxmHgJG
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"Are you looking at my boobs?" I interjected, staring at him crossly. He instantly blushed. "Wh-What?! No! I'm not that sort of guy!" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFi6MHDzouG
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"I call bull. Why were you staring so intently then?!" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9afrivcbUN
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"Have mercy on me Riley, please?" He placed his hands together, begging for my approval. I felt something sink into the pit of my stomach, and it wasn't my drink. "How did you know my name?" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnCGOlviRV7
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"Lucky guess?" I gave him a contempt look. "I heard your friend say it." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdtF1ueaSFp
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"Alright. If you swear to stop being a jerk, I may consider you as an acquaintance. That means I'd rather not talk to you anymore tonight, so don't push it." I gave him a final glare, but Pip seemed happy enough, returning to his own drink and taking a swig. Ellie walked back to her stool, a smug grin on her face. "Well?" she asked. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHFcKr4AGYF
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"You didn't have to leave. In fact, it may have been better if you stayed. I don't like him." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLWMnD725cm
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"That bad, huh? Hey, guy!" she called over to Pip. What are you doing you idiot?! "You're a TWDU student too, right? Feel free to visit us in our room anytime. We're in room 20B. I'm Ellie, her roomie." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD7hdC9JTlD
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He smiled. "You're a lot more friendly than Riley, for sure. I'm Pip. I'll definitely be seeing you two in the future." he chuckled warmly, downing the rest of his drink. "Ah, I must be going. Enjoy your dinner, ladies!" Then he left, waving as he went. 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaKf9R3Vur
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"You didn't." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMK1YtZNbrL
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"I did." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpYwWRzmOJ
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"I hate you." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7X2wz9yJv
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"Liar." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTe8dn6ahtX
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Joe came back, ready to take our orders. I got my burger, and Ellie got the Chicken Club sandwich. For the rest of the night she kept asking me questions about Pip, disappointed that I wasn't into him. "He's fairly cute," she said. "I think you'd do good to get in a relationship sometime." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpuo93ivtEZ
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"No," I kept saying. "It would only add more stress to the giant load I have already. Besides, I want to wait until I find the one." 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnnLwDhp19
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"How do you know he didn't just leave?" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfbkR6NB6XZ
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"The number of times you've said that in the past is astounding, you know?" 880Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJeXorcocx
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We finished our food, which was surprisingly delicious, thanked Joe and paid, and then were back in our dorm in no time. I flopped on our couch-bed, the warmth of the sheets pulling me into sleep. Ellie curled up beside me, instantly blacking out. I wished I could fall asleep that easily. I yawned, and let myself relax until sleep finally pulled me under.
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