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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpHk6xUNcSg
Three whole days without seeing her.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyJ90osj1iw
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYYuo8sBDEA
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcINwcBTSvb
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDCmqWor2fG
Tomorrow is the big day. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Ks248lC90
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiF7iTlwrdg
...and neither do I. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhJ1h4NNE1H
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagAaUZR08t
It has to be perfect. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xR5Y0JOWF
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Just like her.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpMgc9nHp92
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt4CYR89Fue
That's going to be tough.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ukTpCnL6C
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡto0Sz46nY3
Fuck, can I really pull this off?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpp6HE32KjX
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0MGpE3Jt9r
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6PGsRWOO9s
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFOiXxJ2qVo
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmZwslMzew
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoNoDMqCht
Yeah, I like that plan. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOXnNpgmMgj
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYhpoR1fDpM
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwMUDgTMr6B
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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4F60aELEf7
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTE7AvDa7Ga
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPkOvdSr7D
Shit. She's going to kill me.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlYt7jp3h0N
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgz2i6alDE
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBmwzTTSHnV
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdmFrM8ySL
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU4LnFzy7fa
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLcEZALUAb
Kat: If you're sure...733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaz43kWyHOh
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY7uYOeMwKY
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUoXCPvnu9h
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRJ6Zaw2W1m
Like there was anyone else.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4X4TGlZWSm
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Like there would ever be anyone else.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWg0pUHCHnc
Shit, where did that come from?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoLmOT7pI0t
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqeq2asocC
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5usBbiI3C3
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrSA02FW7n
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPaIcQiJP5E
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8P1R1L14R
Ben: There are no other girls.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡitZRL98tbF
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ74q6jnVPh2
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fdyAgmnul
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0DQGJJNNLg
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEUIJHKIdXG
And prove it to her, I will.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnS5FWls2Am
Kat: Good luck.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvNDx2Vekol
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSoWjKOSUjR
Kat: Like what?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ64cIfh2RXg
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuPB6rXOSe
If only she really did. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqEtfQXhPtf
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡirdp4112p4
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRGJsRs7qy
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjU4q7Zk0UV
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuvck7BxwJ
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4V71w7BIX7
I don't pine after a girl.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD8kVD1F6y0
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxtl89pJfX
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Girls pine after me. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ23MsoQHbJC
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDtDRvDEOF6
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjDpjP1f5mx
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiqmRmESPmP
Would it?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPFDPlCZO5
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjTV7yKLJfP
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLHqa0zU3Wj
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ71ZEVwt86g
Not for real anyway. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2mrlvETVG
I am so fucked.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2HPmvWEIer
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXfZdGYRrIt
I press the call button.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡponzNXII2X
Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPMUxH8BM0e
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Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtnbXvi0qsE
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjLxc1vLS6T
Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkDVUAWKzZY
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Ring, ring. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNbHkadZxS
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnkuvOTq9Q8
Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ915tlInfCz
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF615J2Qr3M
How does that even work?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtCLBWGwU5j
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmyvZSuOX5
"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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT8XISTozEk
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhEh4f3Oayh
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsgt7N8EtzV
Click.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGxEdmMg8Ub
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqBoyLntHy
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeA3rSnCOQV
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgWMYkAYtV
Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBead1cl97
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBUB2dTkfSI
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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡopk8rl3lWn
Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qhD1INTKI
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3tAhf1Pja
Ring, ring.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7mRfgwbuJl
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBOcRjtCuJR
Ring-733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUB4w9h6BVr
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQSHFIjewBj
"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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLMAUkOlQ0e
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ0FSavwdyR
"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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpgdEB6udsF
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMmEmVV4vB
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVngKsT952W
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfftSJCIrN
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuwZ5jNZtKS
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbaAjSxo9l4
Shut up, stupid brain.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcW06kYPJQt
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡffqSee4dgc
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNvutpGXwKr
This time.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EErCDKCSd
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKWQ6p4yOC
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRcVDABNC3T
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SMxHJ7e19
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGPLNS07Umz
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQVdu7bqeaJ
"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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuH83fR2CHe
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPUDwJhHsZ
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGygTbFvrr
"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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0LjGIJPOCu
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsmOBcqLtTM
"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. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkd6tlmUVyo
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH3ksXOy9oj
"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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPLfZNWoqKe
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnSRe0jNrzE
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.733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡScSydyGGWh
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFGYM6g2ZQU
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 733Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAgOUujqcXq
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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