Ben606Please respect copyright.PENANAwlLHu5oFCJ
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.606Please respect copyright.PENANAGDG1uAc0Nz
Three whole days without seeing her.606Please respect copyright.PENANAy2AGNiolgP
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.606Please respect copyright.PENANAPZwT2oHW2O
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.606Please respect copyright.PENANAWNPt1Fhqn8
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.606Please respect copyright.PENANAayRuFwJDtN
Tomorrow is the big day. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAu6cUFKKhGt
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...606Please respect copyright.PENANAHut7DyqEac
...and neither do I. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAZAnqoHNrYx
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.606Please respect copyright.PENANArj7ylad65E
It has to be perfect. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAF17tiZmUUT
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Just like her.606Please respect copyright.PENANA4ZXfDORbCk
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA9a3CWTgp1F
That's going to be tough.606Please respect copyright.PENANADD45NLUgE2
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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA2n0OSk06Nn
Fuck, can I really pull this off?606Please respect copyright.PENANAw0vPqSxAnt
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 606Please respect copyright.PENANAz7CJuN8Hbs
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAG3gbxJ56xt
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAMmYl8R3uMP
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?606Please respect copyright.PENANAKYc48B0oak
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAhn7LxGk1tY
Yeah, I like that plan. 606Please respect copyright.PENANACrO0tofuFs
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?606Please respect copyright.PENANAXzjcFJzEBI
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.606Please respect copyright.PENANA2j5p11PxLK
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.606Please respect copyright.PENANAYRFJJHPELd
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAuPRtyeGyCo
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?606Please respect copyright.PENANAPeswpCCvzw
Shit. She's going to kill me.606Please respect copyright.PENANAZ8kZkk9m5F
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAGtKgrKFNfo
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.606Please respect copyright.PENANAW6s2XA7EiQ
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?606Please respect copyright.PENANAj7iERlfqdP
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.606Please respect copyright.PENANAiZB6sc8NQE
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.606Please respect copyright.PENANAPces7CzWiv
Kat: If you're sure...606Please respect copyright.PENANA0wTltHXros
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.606Please respect copyright.PENANAkdiWqjx7fp
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.606Please respect copyright.PENANA1N2d2GJ8gV
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAUq9oUFeZfP
Like there was anyone else.606Please respect copyright.PENANAopaN66vxFp
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Like there would ever be anyone else.606Please respect copyright.PENANASks5Dayr7D
Shit, where did that come from?606Please respect copyright.PENANAHbTHzV64uu
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.606Please respect copyright.PENANAPsb8taakzt
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?606Please respect copyright.PENANASo9GDunaCZ
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAd2I0f6pUnp
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 606Please respect copyright.PENANASmA76lf47B
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.606Please respect copyright.PENANAxXLXD3AdAt
Ben: There are no other girls.606Please respect copyright.PENANAWSdv811C6d
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 606Please respect copyright.PENANASLAZftlvf1
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAB1fDBv77Vp
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.606Please respect copyright.PENANAydF0JikpnM
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAgqZYOVD2Zr
And prove it to her, I will.606Please respect copyright.PENANArnm942pD77
Kat: Good luck.606Please respect copyright.PENANAPn5AMkbZUT
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAlTO8U8C2dG
Kat: Like what?606Please respect copyright.PENANAffRCn8q5Xc
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.606Please respect copyright.PENANAORDIbFfLfA
If only she really did. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAXHGFICvTKr
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)606Please respect copyright.PENANADMJ3mSqxmE
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.606Please respect copyright.PENANAPlmEityw2G
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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA9OplNj3yVe
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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAOWH4sGUEPQ
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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAVs1gtyxNNh
I don't pine after a girl.606Please respect copyright.PENANAgHFeMYRFvf
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 606Please respect copyright.PENANABWJAIDdZIo
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Girls pine after me. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAuRmjpEPKDq
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?606Please respect copyright.PENANAmFFSSpUqhj
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.606Please respect copyright.PENANA1ITN1FbLsY
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.606Please respect copyright.PENANAZNRxf5SPor
Would it?606Please respect copyright.PENANAt2rHpIwOnJ
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 606Please respect copyright.PENANAEhFQouLMPB
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?606Please respect copyright.PENANAdYUjzqUkPf
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 606Please respect copyright.PENANASjSLqbGXJK
Not for real anyway. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAdYt4nAZ0ng
I am so fucked.606Please respect copyright.PENANAp9NkOeyvWA
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.606Please respect copyright.PENANAJ7z5GecrJT
I press the call button.606Please respect copyright.PENANAlQRpPEMGfd
Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANAVC4RkTcUsg
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Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANAQFFvKlka6I
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?606Please respect copyright.PENANAqoBtO3ywGk
Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANAGU2pqjNunb
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Ring, ring. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA559ACZCfug
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA0EG5hh2Pa2
Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANA6rg3e5Fjrt
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.606Please respect copyright.PENANA31m8l2iJ5C
How does that even work?606Please respect copyright.PENANA28zWCK4kIY
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?606Please respect copyright.PENANAlketUtqALo
"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.606Please respect copyright.PENANAsmE2kZI0JO
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAlejSesl6my
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."606Please respect copyright.PENANANhIyX3k6W1
Click.606Please respect copyright.PENANAbyFuPLEFfZ
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.606Please respect copyright.PENANAtQ1MWNsNpq
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAUZ5GLv1BEV
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAg3ZMsxbNb3
Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5lDE81zLv
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?606Please respect copyright.PENANAtz61gunxNU
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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAIm0KKczosp
Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANAUrn7Zfehnz
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!606Please respect copyright.PENANAp8HwxwzCEH
Ring, ring.606Please respect copyright.PENANAn3DUm50LUm
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA55GVZnHTrY
Ring-606Please respect copyright.PENANAER0BLIOLQi
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?606Please respect copyright.PENANAX1gzkCdkRR
"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.606Please respect copyright.PENANALlRJUExP6l
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.606Please respect copyright.PENANA1FrwSFENFW
"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.606Please respect copyright.PENANABrLOBsSyAq
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAyVHWuWGrBi
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 606Please respect copyright.PENANAWm5JBseAxX
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.606Please respect copyright.PENANAvcXCVa7QQY
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 606Please respect copyright.PENANAzesDwRbwiY
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAn87UwYoCnR
Shut up, stupid brain.606Please respect copyright.PENANA3dJ7CLU11v
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAOLl691XNrO
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA0ZnJCCCDPx
This time.606Please respect copyright.PENANAGpGduadkTW
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."606Please respect copyright.PENANAXfpIUg8EPC
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?606Please respect copyright.PENANAUZADqIdgwk
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.606Please respect copyright.PENANAfRx4yRpLv6
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.606Please respect copyright.PENANACpPNXy3dmq
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAlk8eSMczfc
"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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANALXQHVZkcEM
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAyT5IjXakSn
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.606Please respect copyright.PENANALpNXU0XY2R
"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.606Please respect copyright.PENANAMBeQJkCPgt
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA3kyMDrDG3T
"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. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAzaVVoJlpew
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 606Please respect copyright.PENANA9u8IdLbomZ
"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.606Please respect copyright.PENANAQtzbZvsR4b
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 606Please respect copyright.PENANA07OhH9y3zB
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.606Please respect copyright.PENANATUZGolanGO
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAvkLstfSbR1
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 606Please respect copyright.PENANAdjjZFuxmDk
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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