Ben537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid3LVfsoDe
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVejFqyQgB
Three whole days without seeing her.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6zLHSlpa42
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYLVHmv05YN
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSRMgKww80r
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXAaDiIoJvF
Tomorrow is the big day. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpDasDCYCAP
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kSmw8ETIJ
...and neither do I. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrmem1wha1i
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCnXJTip0x
It has to be perfect. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBeE7nE6kHF
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Just like her.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡywBCXZGzhn
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nZjwqPLnJ
That's going to be tough.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOOMP0UQxKs
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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHCaMvaUqf
Fuck, can I really pull this off?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJRaxjvSixo
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIb6aDKZSZU
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmwwPQwWDyA
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8tpDIK4TA
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK0OMRDRqP3
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsroMKoEHPE
Yeah, I like that plan. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZdiqnZHv5
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9jFntAgzkN
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLM6w3wsD8J
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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvn0pZgsS45
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ20d4TdQmmy
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlPcxcnKyBD
Shit. She's going to kill me.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoL4E0OYey
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6fOhJ2o0Ej
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYTN56Yo34t
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6M7hTdbHF
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡobyhyB1mbL
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyq7aEM6Jcm
Kat: If you're sure...537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaeOnEk2c1
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwrvGp9hhtd
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76tdzfsAwD
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiYU6zVsrI4
Like there was anyone else.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb5kKBbjNuN
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Like there would ever be anyone else.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2dHw612xT2
Shit, where did that come from?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW0Ev16iFYZ
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfxTDDW6iRO
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvKdBGO9pfG
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡClB1odC0k1
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1mmFi6Eaq
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeoK3mflG5n
Ben: There are no other girls.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXxJ05ssHC
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEV9jv9ERS3
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4UQKahmsIJ
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡem7nAGUhAc
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRaRQhw8UB
And prove it to her, I will.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXVCHZFGfIg
Kat: Good luck.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzVHhHzGYa0
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlX2kVBn1nf
Kat: Like what?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBPawMqiVsU
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzwetPZPC35
If only she really did. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4ooexkGqsJ
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHbWnK2o6Nu
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRRe07wCKYe
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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMKkK1yWQhD
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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBN4Pz4Cmy
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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFyee3Xx0Ia
I don't pine after a girl.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1I8Xcyk8zt
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGVilYSod49
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Girls pine after me. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw16xkM54y8
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXcm2LmjLRK
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeS0cWCLIam
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd4seV90tSb
Would it?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOnO4lqCpuy
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNoqUkqWSUP
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vFqFo3qoo
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSgS3oglrgx
Not for real anyway. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Vegr0tEAm
I am so fucked.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5P2YdEg9Fm
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyYHJeEjJ6n
I press the call button.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDyLC0whW7L
Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6W2sN4xSJq
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Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Mr42phY1w
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt8DhwhR666
Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKbT37dOvV
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Ring, ring. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl3f9M8Uski
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUlSwZmUaT
Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCXIQT4PZ7D
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nnB21k2x0
How does that even work?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPh6uXDSlGM
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6e5XzZa7Fc
"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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1gnTBCrJHn
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjJjkIPRVzJ
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGVh5Y3d8G
Click.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4KHRhbv0Y
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdStkptN0I6
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcgT5ZPPs1e
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pfhfIDuyr
Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡztgPyhpNNt
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYI5ZRCaeMv
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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzprXSbEC6s
Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwz3JjpL1eT
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK88kKjocVM
Ring, ring.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxnibTkjSGR
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL16LNd3rUG
Ring-537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY5MkDDciXX
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlMcK2NOFKx
"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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvpL7F5A8Kh
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBlG6unpRop
"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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBw8pj6WbUt
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBolnxMkEfv
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKn40P8kmWV
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRLgndJSGx
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4OpR6pAdfh
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPjN17xgzq5
Shut up, stupid brain.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpw0yiQizy3
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0KLOVNxIJw
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX88yw2rqw
This time.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFqfJvHUkBD
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMPceu8ymzF
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XN04tk3cI
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxMH0LR1Ykt
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9NIWvNqF3
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsfSY3R5Noh
"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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNftuAAd4H
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwnrPbHG6L
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUD9inw8hLs
"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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq8mlFN1HOx
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUN2kaYID1L
"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. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTuo785PSNF
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFSHtdxJcEn
"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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWSe50231eI
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCO3T6oWmgP
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.537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ibLHP2Efi
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡenGzzk1Q3j
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 537Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGiXOjL4FEq
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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