Ben688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtFXFVM48f
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxTPDgilvmC
Three whole days without seeing her.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqojNCyiQT1
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4M0hrs0AQR
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwyLHoVxe5
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxf5L9dSA4E
Tomorrow is the big day. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwzbIvj0mGJ
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZyoQjvbHN
...and neither do I. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKzTgZtxnr
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Af4vYoE0T
It has to be perfect. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSVGvw8v8jH
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Just like her.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BZFeFQ4q8
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7uoAtFt5V
That's going to be tough.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0F9HrgubvQ
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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8xo21diXDM
Fuck, can I really pull this off?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVxWn9rCYY
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY1DK0ZPO3L
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlQ0o7mJMCH
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJaQTzgOAlB
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KCYsCRg16
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSBfIEz9wca
Yeah, I like that plan. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgZacVP24Zm
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9cvg8HXOt
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE1RuDyt5Yw
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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡld0yOfzVs3
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0KgdSOg7t
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw9gjiJ6BVe
Shit. She's going to kill me.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDaeQWzyDHA
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡji8jBGec8N
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG4MscqGLyA
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeGRoy8tOF
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnZrDs0IUyJ
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5jLSiefR08
Kat: If you're sure...688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7FvaxEuutX
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡawUCHnaJLT
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQAHLSMACRr
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeB5hYzeVTH
Like there was anyone else.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwaiopWvSOg
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Like there would ever be anyone else.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2PQMzUAsaj
Shit, where did that come from?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUcnc4su6Hu
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdDZ8jZvpDg
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRv0PX4lEOO
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡixdib8Nyue
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo6rwjJ929X
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrvdcBDiazr
Ben: There are no other girls.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjdqxPbW3qj
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBrxgdmplJc
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbUonvPE6hU
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV3HzJbjzMa
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLZEhYRwX3e
And prove it to her, I will.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5bmQGFStN
Kat: Good luck.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWd9hGGVtcX
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO7E9Wmk7VH
Kat: Like what?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsCv0AnE9gR
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkQSvfoWph2
If only she really did. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmKM258X0bC
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2UTpvDRjEx
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡloe03Fg4QC
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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmVOJ1UXUxq
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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRPNULaKDzh
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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhRmzMJ5zUY
I don't pine after a girl.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWbS8B2tcIt
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0ceUdtZIkn
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Girls pine after me. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhCp1zBiOQj
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnpTNX2LBJU
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmXD2T1NUf
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeGApNClgXc
Would it?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2of7sJgci7
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUtlCsxQzL5
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZg0oQ8WDuC
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJR0nboSKbF
Not for real anyway. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUIOHviyDW6
I am so fucked.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnnlUJcz7mc
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiwl4EunnXJ
I press the call button.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbtxPYFdH3R
Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHErLtXpWV4
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Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIuUiBjCM4n
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcpRKDsCFmA
Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS5mx33lV7
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Ring, ring. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhpvRTeR2M
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ28ihrmI13y
Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX6Efrc1vL
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡflcf1V2d7c
How does that even work?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIX9GQD25GS
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxM6RyoWtp
"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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIK8hqoCBrK
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1b7Upbim31
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkt99o5O5mh
Click.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMrnOcvRScO
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIs8rZ2ZLnE
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxrEBo3ad7r
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GZsQK0dZO
Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbxRPg94Js
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvlKbllte7c
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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfcjqiVg86u
Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVrzte7R8v
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg0Pw91Zh9Y
Ring, ring.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTi9DME1Yf3
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbym8wvdmxX
Ring-688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPJAEDsIvGe
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHiMh8MDtHT
"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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRr9H7vRTo0
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYm84J0aMtl
"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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATaKfmqoHe
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBQsQTOiCp7
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4plzIbJvXA
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGWqJsex3bN
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWQpeVx76N6
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxI4QLGjHhO
Shut up, stupid brain.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQW66z956W8
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2QFGihmfEK
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqXcGIOIHdb
This time.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOszsnHshUA
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3oNGNj15oT
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdLb6Yzq3hp
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNMxBDUsrWP
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJILnW2Dd0E
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSGlaXVJSwY
"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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡySVhg7HsPB
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn42j3SCxyr
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXe3OTtGbS
"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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDrzJefyHnp
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM4giM4KQmx
"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. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa24WMcvCD9
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJFDVlJgEYo
"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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHSlmrvnF7j
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFjKD7XP12
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.688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIq3A8NPkXB
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Jy28bWkGG
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 688Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4K6F2cTz4p
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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