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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA0HJNr0f6B
Three whole days without seeing her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoeI0rvyAuY
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTjy5OrMHnt
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ13FUxvYkjh
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eqxSZmhSa
Tomorrow is the big day. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVqB7dqprbg
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHHtgJVWLou
...and neither do I. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxSdajV4Ah
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8x6a9muLCT
It has to be perfect. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcL5yS7lc6y
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Just like her.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhvfLhBOg1X
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7oXPphUrmI
That's going to be tough.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07HojPVJdj
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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRU6EgIhXyj
Fuck, can I really pull this off?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj1G7A9R4Hi
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGGH5wRxpy
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXi4PDN7MdT
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PckcR1e0I
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVaxWwuABnI
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxIfk0vaXvr
Yeah, I like that plan. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHcF3HHjBb
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMpPlN97fqG
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxEqTX2gAlL
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfNAU7v75xc
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNEjEPUXSJh
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDI8Cdho7xi
Shit. She's going to kill me.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh5tXScAXII
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmxJ80qtuUF
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOtxachinlH
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoCIJpl4WMz
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2RDzzYNujj
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFiJARnyGn
Kat: If you're sure...773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡypHqhIwXih
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KGOf4prKx
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMe7DDZqcb2
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4WoZRfJXi
Like there was anyone else.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNfEfg6VYVb
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Like there would ever be anyone else.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWIUEV5nXn
Shit, where did that come from?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsUpNADxLs
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90wTk23ocF
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuPKbbNuIY2
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9gT4fd0Z4Z
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhyEX9QQK7m
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpqKxFbmcjf
Ben: There are no other girls.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXczijZIqWd
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5DQji2uCM
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7tuo1wqbYO
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwg6sVO6Bq
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfrgbJXYDn
And prove it to her, I will.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA2kFmUWKrq
Kat: Good luck.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKkcQGSHbRU
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWFxLfF1v7
Kat: Like what?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEopzgFMpvI
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4VhmcnkZ1U
If only she really did. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlXyHRJJ1e
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCdudITo1A4
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQOjGRj8giP
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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVVxHl4EClQ
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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzhnEYCJ3w
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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3ssiMjdeXf
I don't pine after a girl.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5B0071Pv3b
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaoBA2hAzRG
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Girls pine after me. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2t94BuiUU
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmYk41g4Yd
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXD7DtRQqCz
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr9GCQYYnU
Would it?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QZ2bb5Jko
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeowyMQdgLD
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsUoYuErxY9
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPeFA1SW0n
Not for real anyway. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8i1iwNzrx2
I am so fucked.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs5Z15MGi79
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzz2Lm7NHkX
I press the call button.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6QPOb5KqG
Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡla8NFDwbj8
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Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHDHJyKBQ6f
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vqvjatmzj
Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPbSOKXrA8
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Ring, ring. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5jsFdy5zW
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqPN570jwW
Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy0DoetWAaW
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqKtYpNljov
How does that even work?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgI5s6IefmL
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1i9lsSJVNT
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXAR58p1pA
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYSn8jjIH3
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCq0hrGo0Cc
Click.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbWLK6srBLn
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP1O9oxz6Ax
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZzYVKH4f1F
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWj1efARwUe
Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8VXbSwty8x
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVSNdnqrqB4
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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLB2mSLO0Y
Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2uIQTYHKh
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSj5jol8la
Ring, ring.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjNZWqFJ7W
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMv0Ee8SsTG
Ring-773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKxARjiIlOj
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXhhRpzVIPF
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeBM4Y2z2kF
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuR6dQxAtQK
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbyMhIFLHL2
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfZYpfS4iwg
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuG4tgcf53t
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQcpt0BXNxb
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAQDNDfmT5V
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcex1YPUYOk
Shut up, stupid brain.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCDfCr93mm9
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQXFdMlYYO
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiK7Z4MLYdf
This time.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEdliBINLZD
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2juhUAJtw
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL1YldmyEv0
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDjotl9qHdS
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrAT0kNr3Be
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6iG6HVNL6
"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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9hdO5OFy6
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9QHI2hwlmo
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxl69100rQo
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1PNdkxCgpd
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfoGkjAprRA
"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. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLVRU0u8vqy
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwq7wXz3mNn
"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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVbiQ4ugPOR
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtVjsngb1F
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.773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG7oOA3RyF2
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcp7ziMf7l
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 773Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJL9Q4fLHnR
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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