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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbcGOzfp39M
Three whole days without seeing her.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5QpbjlVsux
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4wRgoT9Wrz
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSTnihgcidp
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ19VzQjh6CJ
Tomorrow is the big day. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR7xnWodY69
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdKKLiPtpKV
...and neither do I. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq9bTtpvWFn
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzUuxZzALZI
It has to be perfect. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSImc96xHSN
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Just like her.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUilUbjDdsQ
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppUUYRVw7x
That's going to be tough.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6obAObsLlX
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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEKCUoye8B
Fuck, can I really pull this off?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwWAx4tuUQ4
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCuVWRqDAiI
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrObskh82T0
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9IEHqYRH0
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡREAHxzJW6o
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0iq0HP8hG
Yeah, I like that plan. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtDiT9MQh7t
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2jLpobfEc
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqb4Mma5h3l
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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4YdfNC73Uu
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGyZeA7IBKZ
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILRPZXkWe7
Shit. She's going to kill me.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAIF6DkiglR
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi1NAPo4o1X
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwfYnmB9njq
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLuwPjfTvj1
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiPI2rZSWGd
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFRsW7ED0OR
Kat: If you're sure...793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaLGF9TFFik
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSfwhkMKIP
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbkF3F7sFGq
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGr88BTPluN
Like there was anyone else.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl7RMaJevuG
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Like there would ever be anyone else.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4TmxiSN7G7
Shit, where did that come from?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pJuFIcTKN
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡozB1vm52Sc
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTV9W2c8rlh
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGEPhUpojic
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx88tgoCuO6
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgUOBDL46jb
Ben: There are no other girls.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKiokfs7HPW
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUlY2O6HwkK
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW09lp6LKjZ
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTNcGidzcY
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKESlN3qW1W
And prove it to her, I will.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ90RY8wQaSH
Kat: Good luck.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjWChPgiiAS
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBGPUjBZOSf
Kat: Like what?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Pe3mH6V1e
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZyFgQfB0GQ
If only she really did. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Aunsg1DPc
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzuaYJ8mxeu
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Z9oT3Zb3t
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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡId96xQ1E2V
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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNwuTx8BVRE
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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI04xRiPkJR
I don't pine after a girl.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPnpQ5hrxa
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9eZMARMb0F
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Girls pine after me. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFnmJPe85kw
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBSpjceqvQZ
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWR0nxAaPWO
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtsqeR302Aw
Would it?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiXX4EYEksC
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwoz8DjJRhf
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXI1L0NwsPP
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuzM8t5rwuA
Not for real anyway. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv2twKJtCBJ
I am so fucked.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJWVhu6DFD
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUVR4PguyIq
I press the call button.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFIB6sexd0G
Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjnGOTX5jqM
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Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKf55hpSKWr
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZqwNRdCO9
Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAbHXbvochS
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Ring, ring. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCzy1ehRyp
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGoj7i2mSnn
Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqwKRhy42p
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiLvkldGoTZ
How does that even work?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgG3NeOtoJh
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcaJARg0Jcx
"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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ZTEdmZfq5
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFHD5o3vkB
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJfaeF7xdJL
Click.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQJbZyAyhkr
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYdpFrrwK37
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3DWnXYMOrv
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrybPbjuQcF
Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxdy0q9ShI
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4cCyLJ2vhQ
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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX3So3T9lsi
Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPUfHkW6Got
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSNhxmTO6lC
Ring, ring.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt68r4UhdTK
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0dJqcxj0X
Ring-793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAP4lIc4IL
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIGGQB9FZf
"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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ37QKYxunJo
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrw1fSHLk3
"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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVhFt87D9n2
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXHAJLGVSFu
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQGNOU8ICT0
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qBu899pBP
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpmd5oiT0s3
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECLaCoaJ3E
Shut up, stupid brain.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOg8lcWBE6C
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEAjFCZlcVy
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwFdrpJdzsv
This time.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB992Tvh2lj
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxFGJ9fW2Gt
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdxuQQCfgo
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2OL9mSXqQk
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFcThRrSVx2
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0PEqV3XhCC
"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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFL0cRrZWN
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDa3V2LILV6
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcv6M45Ir8f
"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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb0TaLByKWx
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rqrzNMFli
"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. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbJWvAzWKHt
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHlHLc2cPg
"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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuHJEVOrTZi
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSdadwydsI
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.793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonEYQscT6P
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ9u7vmV9BG
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 793Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcxZlRIkwnn
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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