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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdopyhnb20w
Three whole days without seeing her.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoDek9G6L9U
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMFtJlrXi1
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmqIpWkvtSc
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR6JZRwwMDB
Tomorrow is the big day. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWkaofqDRE8
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGFKsYo65Y
...and neither do I. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHk7yt556V
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTagLqqdsUh
It has to be perfect. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6d7O6ufXAQ
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Just like her.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDzQUg5h6Dg
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTXXNd1xSE
That's going to be tough.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhcZ9hrTpP0
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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGx1zppm6FZ
Fuck, can I really pull this off?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAOk2QWQE0p
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbHcmkvlsC
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbAT6b0aNnl
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTueAVXnIPg
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJMO41tNy2l
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTUDM0fucbQ
Yeah, I like that plan. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz8ixHvq7Qo
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrq0tQQAAvs
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiY3wmcceVQ
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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsiFx313db9
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaupyJtMEW7
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwudRntZwo
Shit. She's going to kill me.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqJcJ6fBj3
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBo7Y7QW1ru
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHD0oPOPH67
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWfqF9Mtyd
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdqkB31aUy
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkIMEh5gnOl
Kat: If you're sure...735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡahGdtS6f7X
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTAJj9xz5wb
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXXYEmQQ4Xi
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOjvhfHKUvx
Like there was anyone else.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhx5CH9Xpd
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Like there would ever be anyone else.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTZ4klXqqDz
Shit, where did that come from?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUHlNZNIlKc
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH17j8GESIw
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoeSkFO2t0
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgoHGGbnx7
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUTk1dPiO8
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHBe7r5sojH
Ben: There are no other girls.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMHRbvxEdMr
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ31ircpyFhp
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TMMXIIgPo
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiodrNffpiA
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQL7a77uhC
And prove it to her, I will.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTIxvO02XU
Kat: Good luck.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNghwIZUFxM
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN1MSb2vsck
Kat: Like what?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8sVXJ53ad
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ncskmDSGs
If only she really did. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs92gTF2hMV
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBvElH2Kx4
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6hZ6mgrKpx
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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKZp3mKpwsR
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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3GNj3R0E9I
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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTU1kzjQdpa
I don't pine after a girl.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXYcVMoR9PA
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gSw0LgG7u
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Girls pine after me. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWybeRgt4eE
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNKR3VMPa0
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlWYtJuVlA4
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xaXm0xHF4
Would it?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdVZK0BPsPZ
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡovcnGZUXpu
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSM4jcJwVm
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡouXs7JOHJL
Not for real anyway. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrZnzVt4ywb
I am so fucked.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPYpWGycHZL
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWdHy8qNA6w
I press the call button.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk1r4XBRXvi
Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLxmgz4UN3
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Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgFsBazoU0H
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0lBg2BUrY9
Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3M3UuTUqf
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Ring, ring. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPut5MiHDeh
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrELAEuhvoZ
Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC5vI09YMR9
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DTHst98dL
How does that even work?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqWpObghAe
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtU3pfw9uGw
"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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsjBynN0j4v
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNVy3PphEO8
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCVOYfh5BAJ
Click.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkyVrk8kJfA
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkYPyXPlWv
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIRzuNOCoLr
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD41hxk08WR
Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoTPu6Slcph
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtMvSfY3jir
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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIL2noSSLzc
Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwCGrLVSc9Q
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXjDuXjJjf
Ring, ring.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWu2NMyko68
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBIFwzoaIEy
Ring-735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlzJHVShTDq
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDMnrcGivu
"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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVou3IPdYzO
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGxZd0GLjU
"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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfLh1b27KQ0
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIqsyN9CkjT
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7qLmCNAAuv
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHipkSedNi
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYeF0UXAPBl
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPytySaJeTE
Shut up, stupid brain.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfAcRRuXvNm
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj9w4PQOEwB
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTQPZzcfYPR
This time.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlo0PIS6PQ1
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA6lzM8G2fc
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQ7jmONOS0
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ96QG8AbZlH
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1qykPEa8jp
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡf5qQgXFxqB
"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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhdMPKwUAc
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbjLnbrZ2Rt
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrsinpqN6W
"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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHhfJDnvK9
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBZC294EPDC
"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. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqGcpSDqJRV
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObQYVLUCV1
"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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH7MPCUqJrs
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcOYeo5axn
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.735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqomE4vlxJO
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtbPVaK31io
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 735Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjjYMLOu9zo
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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