It's been over two weeks since Evetta and I first had sex, and we've done it at least once each day.564Please respect copyright.PENANAOsWmmmfHau
564Please respect copyright.PENANAa2jt0xIyNe
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It's amazing.564Please respect copyright.PENANADljt60MX0F
564Please respect copyright.PENANAOEJNCVG47t
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I'm one hundred percent sure that Evetta is the girl that I want to love, to fuck, to be with for the rest of my life, but before I propose, I have to get this out of the way.564Please respect copyright.PENANAqevgW2yz3D
564Please respect copyright.PENANA1fQPxzLGqk
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"Come on Caleb, you've driven all this way... just go inside, and face them," I say to to myself under my breath, giving myself a mini pep talk.564Please respect copyright.PENANAqalo7jzpBW
564Please respect copyright.PENANA3qq9CkAsFb
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Finally, after sitting in my car for over ten minutes and staring at the front of the veterinary clinic, I cut the engine, get out of the car and lock it, and walk up to the front door.564Please respect copyright.PENANAjCCA6u61Vc
564Please respect copyright.PENANAa0deXQjPmF
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When I walk into the waiting room, the receptionist, Maria, looks up to greet whoever entered the office.564Please respect copyright.PENANAxdPf4jnM5O
564Please respect copyright.PENANARs9VAgt719
564Please respect copyright.PENANAj8wSLo40hw
"Good morning, welcome to— holy fuck, Caleb?" she shrieks.564Please respect copyright.PENANAbJwuQTP6QY
564Please respect copyright.PENANARtjTQhiqlh
564Please respect copyright.PENANAddMPlDmSH3
"Yeah," I say, my cheeks on fire, because everyone in the waiting room is now paying attention to me, except for a young man who is wearing a pair of headphones, listening to MCR's "The Ghost of You"; it's that loud, I can hear it from where I'm standing, at least five feet away from him.564Please respect copyright.PENANAL5zkggum3L
564Please respect copyright.PENANAaUBIN4xWab
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One of the vets, who is also the owner of the clinic — Eli — rushes out to see what's wrong.564Please respect copyright.PENANAgBxqCzuCEr
564Please respect copyright.PENANAuBvIKYmxoZ
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"Maria, what— Caleb?" he asks, as if he can't believe that I'm real.564Please respect copyright.PENANAbk448JN2vn
564Please respect copyright.PENANAgZYpKMFnMB
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"Yeah," I respond lamely.564Please respect copyright.PENANAEbDI069H8u
564Please respect copyright.PENANAc4bbPM5pgs
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"We thought you'd never come back! That you were severely injured! Had major brain damage, or were physically—"564Please respect copyright.PENANAaOEMfyAGQj
564Please respect copyright.PENANA1mDPM6TxCD
564Please respect copyright.PENANAssPDyuGQ4Y
"No. I wasn't emotionally ready, I guess."564Please respect copyright.PENANANOzgLS0jZ6
564Please respect copyright.PENANA4ud2l9ass3
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Yet another one of my colleagues — Amanda — comes out into the reception area.564Please respect copyright.PENANAIXqY4TDz2c
564Please respect copyright.PENANA4eekYNMHi6
564Please respect copyright.PENANALdsvrpKGAe
"Caleb? Oh, my god!"564Please respect copyright.PENANAnAzOsf6LL0
564Please respect copyright.PENANAMUxNsyvmgo
564Please respect copyright.PENANA6LARta1Pz3
Suddenly, something hits me.564Please respect copyright.PENANAAdnunLmX3t
564Please respect copyright.PENANA6phFWIslju
564Please respect copyright.PENANAwnCPzqvF2J
I've been out for over a year; what if I've been replaced?564Please respect copyright.PENANAVH346niK8Z
564Please respect copyright.PENANAM45Ad3edhd
564Please respect copyright.PENANARRhLytgTz0
"Um... Eli... Do I still have a—"564Please respect copyright.PENANAq9ALTovzfr
564Please respect copyright.PENANA63RXQkeTGf
564Please respect copyright.PENANAFM2sJWYSpj
"Job? Fuck, yes! We need as many vets as we can get!"564Please respect copyright.PENANA8ZlTbzBQBa
564Please respect copyright.PENANAWxxHzOGvjo
564Please respect copyright.PENANAvDUe340WUE
"Yer fuckin' righ', I've been wai'n' her' fer' two hours!" one man shouts.564Please respect copyright.PENANAdiDTpisMn0
564Please respect copyright.PENANAKirnVeaOBx
564Please respect copyright.PENANAfgjMPHgjeP
We all turn to look at him. He has an orange kitten with white stripes in his lap. He's young, and, and about Evetta's complexion; like Evetta, he seems to be mixed with black and multiple other races that you'd probably never figure out on your own (Evetta's maternal grandmother is Indonesian, her maternal grandfather is half Syrian; her father's father's father was Indian, hence her last name, Maji.) He has the same hair texture as her; kinky, but, at the same time, curly, springy spirals shooting in every direction.564Please respect copyright.PENANA3EtEIR4SfC
564Please respect copyright.PENANA0Y8sguQ7rF
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I remember pulling on that hair last night—564Please respect copyright.PENANAnaYOuHSKnH
564Please respect copyright.PENANAhNdufAIui3
564Please respect copyright.PENANAEvolvRPK2E
Stop.564Please respect copyright.PENANAy6GnohS55d
564Please respect copyright.PENANAtNRAEOHMTV
564Please respect copyright.PENANAAIADVAJWUV
Why must I think of her everywhere I go? To be honest, he doesn't look like her; it's just that when you're in love, everything reminds you of that person.564Please respect copyright.PENANAsOoDIo3jAE
564Please respect copyright.PENANADi3oZIlV57
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I turn to look at Eli.564Please respect copyright.PENANAxbg9N76WWw
564Please respect copyright.PENANAvQ7ie7V0RM
564Please respect copyright.PENANA6aPBDVqscC
"When can I start working?" I ask him.564Please respect copyright.PENANAVThm9ilw3x
564Please respect copyright.PENANA3NYGe0Bq74
564Please respect copyright.PENANAIGRNPdSEou
"Next Tuesday. We need to get everything in order for you."m564Please respect copyright.PENANAXsf9ddfXyU
564Please respect copyright.PENANAsOMJWOZtgh
564Please respect copyright.PENANArJsuJKAEn6
"Okay. Thanks, Eli. Bye, guys." I say to him, rushing back out of the clinic, relieved that the encounter is over. I don't miss the 'I'm glad he's okay and back, but what the fuck just happened?' look on all of their faces.564Please respect copyright.PENANADir5kalMBz
564Please respect copyright.PENANAC8eCvDThjc
564Please respect copyright.PENANARqFL60Eg1M
That actually went a lot better than I thought it would.564Please respect copyright.PENANA8yadHFy8wl
564Please respect copyright.PENANAASYTnKd9cb
564Please respect copyright.PENANAbQITfcbUEq
Now, I feel like less of a spineless bitch. Now, I feel a little more deserving of Evetta.564Please respect copyright.PENANA300tPf77RS
564Please respect copyright.PENANAqLFMu1c1qy
564Please respect copyright.PENANA3EmRRTIogj
564Please respect copyright.PENANArEtXkgLvUc
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***564Please respect copyright.PENANAYTFdsXot4z
564Please respect copyright.PENANARpEcSm4anG
564Please respect copyright.PENANARVq0BuIWcp
564Please respect copyright.PENANA7Bm9TZgbVK
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One of the funniest things is watching Evetta attempt to explain Jamaican slang to me.564Please respect copyright.PENANAAf4SzdUvyR
564Please respect copyright.PENANA8YYvJpRDHs
564Please respect copyright.PENANAvihYj9UUa1
Some words, I know because she told me before the coma, but sometimes, she'll spit out something new, or something that she's never properly explained to me before.564Please respect copyright.PENANARLjRoo7jSr
564Please respect copyright.PENANAuf1lxfB34S
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For example, I know that rass is an expletive, but yesterday, she was telling me a story about this girl and how she "rass har inna har face".564Please respect copyright.PENANA1lpA0EOzqC
564Please respect copyright.PENANA8aKeNC7W9O
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She explained that in that context, it meant that she just hit her really hard.564Please respect copyright.PENANA8rAAXuZklc
564Please respect copyright.PENANAvSLbvCmXQN
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Today however... today, it's not that simple.564Please respect copyright.PENANA88TV2CUOFo
564Please respect copyright.PENANAQ6GTxTTSIw
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We were watching 'Wallace and Grommet: The Curse of the Were Rabbit' on DVD on her laptop, and I had to comment on how ridiculous the whole thing was.564Please respect copyright.PENANAYx2FQuQZKQ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAj10yZNY180
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"If he has no mouth, how does he eat? How does that even work? Does he live off of a drip—"564Please respect copyright.PENANAcuKeapR1N0
564Please respect copyright.PENANAEiY1F2Xy3y
564Please respect copyright.PENANAI0i0b8JfNm
Evetta interrupted me by 'kissing her teeth' — making a sound by sucking air through her teeth, locked together while her tongue was pressed firmly behind them.564Please respect copyright.PENANA80MbzYy6eb
564Please respect copyright.PENANAI54MAWvHRH
564Please respect copyright.PENANApuZWKl9TwH
"Ya ova pree di ting."564Please respect copyright.PENANAqIlnVlrLLm
564Please respect copyright.PENANAxmTUmJmT8z
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Ova pree?564Please respect copyright.PENANAvr3ypJGwqO
564Please respect copyright.PENANAWs1yfF70Tb
564Please respect copyright.PENANAN2P5g7Xcjr
"'Ova pree'? What does that men?"564Please respect copyright.PENANApuzdjF2wUM
564Please respect copyright.PENANAaPkZG78bEh
564Please respect copyright.PENANAm5vV0nJ8xV
So now, she's attempting to explain what 'ova pree' means to me.564Please respect copyright.PENANAv4SCjWlPoK
564Please respect copyright.PENANA50lXvRKvwx
564Please respect copyright.PENANA0hEfLUZVKL
She has this funny habit of using more patois to explain patois when she can't explain it in English.564Please respect copyright.PENANAlEROXrxUQi
564Please respect copyright.PENANAmg7Yu9xTJV
564Please respect copyright.PENANAHMcIUwIdbM
"Is when... uh a watch it too haad."564Please respect copyright.PENANAKwbPp6dxJX
564Please respect copyright.PENANA2zxKJWLQV2
564Please respect copyright.PENANAf2hpA9z7pL
I chuckle.564Please respect copyright.PENANABrQOWBYWaB
564Please respect copyright.PENANACG0kPbC2nY
564Please respect copyright.PENANAvwHZ2I6cxt
"What do you mean by 'I'm watching it too hard'?564Please respect copyright.PENANACbljOksG1k
564Please respect copyright.PENANA7XlLiKAJuZ
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Her forehead crinkles, and she thinks for a minute.564Please respect copyright.PENANAHqf74kC6ZG
564Please respect copyright.PENANA66r5Wk7hvX
564Please respect copyright.PENANAlGRWG6Wktv
"You're thinking too much. Certain things require suspension of disbelief, and enjoying a comedy about a mouthless dog is one of them; so stop thinking so much, and enjoy the fucking movie," she says with a giggle.564Please respect copyright.PENANAjFPWSkFT0l
564Please respect copyright.PENANAnThwnzoAW6
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"So 'pree' means 'think'?" 564Please respect copyright.PENANAwvkqiC19R2
564Please respect copyright.PENANArY51Nhccgh
564Please respect copyright.PENANA6AOxUbDAZP
"Or observe. It depends on the context."564Please respect copyright.PENANA63aqT9XVMR
564Please respect copyright.PENANAZqT6a8ikme
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We resume watching the movie, with me continually making comments, and her telling me to shut up until the very end.564Please respect copyright.PENANArcR1FT2v3n
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When it's over, she puts away her laptop, and goes into the bathroom to get ready for bed.564Please respect copyright.PENANArZ0097YKM8
564Please respect copyright.PENANAhSdRKIvz3O
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When she leaves, I enter, brushing my teeth as I look into my eyes. When I just woke up, they looked lifeless, empty; now, they look like a bright, vibrant shade of green — "a bright jade", that's how Evetta describes it.564Please respect copyright.PENANAYqJHVb3Z1d
564Please respect copyright.PENANAhXOZjpLoKi
564Please respect copyright.PENANA7fbzS2s5VQ
When I exit the bathroom; I go to lie down behind her, and wrap my arm firmly around her stomach.564Please respect copyright.PENANAFh9LuPrPtB
564Please respect copyright.PENANA2juQVZuxki
564Please respect copyright.PENANA8tQlKXrM3w
"Eve?" I say.564Please respect copyright.PENANAMHPmyUYczw
564Please respect copyright.PENANAdILngRBbul
564Please respect copyright.PENANA8QaoFZjwmV
"Yeah?"564Please respect copyright.PENANA91xdptltn7
564Please respect copyright.PENANA8PcynMDCob
564Please respect copyright.PENANAmrytaPOk3T
"I love you," I tell her, because I really do, and I intend to remind her of that. A lot.564Please respect copyright.PENANAS8g1kJT5CE
564Please respect copyright.PENANAg1swgH9oVS
564Please respect copyright.PENANAge3AvqawhY
"I love you too."564Please respect copyright.PENANAZI9wXs4HlR
564Please respect copyright.PENANAWPCgxaIKHp
564Please respect copyright.PENANAHs56Y6fJr7
I smile to my self, grinning like the lovesick fool that I am. I never get tired of hearing that; it fucks me up every time.564Please respect copyright.PENANATLAJdfbGNp
564Please respect copyright.PENANAlIMWmQXnMW
564Please respect copyright.PENANA9g78w3IKZZ
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***564Please respect copyright.PENANAGaWY1tMrcE
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564Please respect copyright.PENANAepzuI6w6Ha
564Please respect copyright.PENANAbyLyATDQbS
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Remember when I told you that Evetta uses Post-it papers to remind me of shit that I'll more than likely forget.564Please respect copyright.PENANAtsd0gaiQv2
564Please respect copyright.PENANAAzKyBvuFtn
564Please respect copyright.PENANARr5pSfqyoP
Well, I've decided to use that to get creative.564Please respect copyright.PENANACZuwzHaHKT
564Please respect copyright.PENANABWtRIA2gRf
564Please respect copyright.PENANAgKOslSNbVr
Sticking the note onto the mirror, I quietly exit the bathroom while she sings to herself in the shower with her phone playing music in the background — good god, her singing is atrocious, I'm trying so hard to not laugh out loud — and close the door.564Please respect copyright.PENANAG9CvruqFR1
564Please respect copyright.PENANAIF7UtvPV7h
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Now to sit on her bed. And wait.564Please respect copyright.PENANAczdqbNsiPP
564Please respect copyright.PENANATeOazrr3m3
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This is so painful.564Please respect copyright.PENANAFFnBuPH9rU
564Please respect copyright.PENANAXUK6GYq6m1
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I can usually predict her next move, but now... I don't know.564Please respect copyright.PENANAfPyTwjrsrn
564Please respect copyright.PENANAH0UCqmrBO3
564Please respect copyright.PENANAGGD6bVzwWS
What if the condensed water on the mirror causes the note to fall off?564Please respect copyright.PENANAcFxHywgBRw
564Please respect copyright.PENANAuA7kPlNyQK
564Please respect copyright.PENANASWKLl5y5MD
What if she isn't ready?564Please respect copyright.PENANA2L3g3l4oCT
564Please respect copyright.PENANAVFlPVybMT1
564Please respect copyright.PENANAwXPjdnOQKT
What if—564Please respect copyright.PENANApMA5LsZZB3
564Please respect copyright.PENANALBgo7cPinA
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The shower stops.564Please respect copyright.PENANAOteya0AUHr
564Please respect copyright.PENANAMEm8ujWpQU
564Please respect copyright.PENANAe2iDht4PgR
"Was she that girl that's from the video? Was she that girl that's from the video? Stop, stop lying to—"564Please respect copyright.PENANAoDCfMnZvGR
564Please respect copyright.PENANAOgAv0Bmo8U
564Please respect copyright.PENANAX7LIK9u4ZX
The singing stops, leaving FKA twigs's voice playing from her phone.564Please respect copyright.PENANAqJhRVzD0Kp
564Please respect copyright.PENANAKDGXHLAq9T
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Then:564Please respect copyright.PENANAz1osvDv2zN
564Please respect copyright.PENANAWRfBuIU7in
564Please respect copyright.PENANAgmu7HFW0Zx
"AAAHHHHHHH!" she screams so loudly, so high-pitched, that she probably broke the mirror and ruptured an eardrum.564Please respect copyright.PENANAWNWgoZ2kAZ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAEOmBOknayc
564Please respect copyright.PENANAMYVs600xBi
That can't be in response to the two-worded question I stuck onto the bathroom mirror.564Please respect copyright.PENANABCNleUFtfe
564Please respect copyright.PENANAUC8Loxpzup
564Please respect copyright.PENANAAv4caXWlPD
"What the fuck?" I say to myself, jumping off of the bed and rush into the bathroom, nearly ripping it off of it's hinges.564Please respect copyright.PENANAGUnUy8Xvu6
564Please respect copyright.PENANAJzPvxEpnKZ
564Please respect copyright.PENANAuDtQXuR8wN
"Evetta, wha—"564Please respect copyright.PENANAbwooFVbBUN
564Please respect copyright.PENANApL8mrYnw7S
564Please respect copyright.PENANAWktjrx8HgG
She jumps on me, and because I'm not expecting it, we both fall to the floor; I feel a weird sense of Deja Vu, remembering the first time we had sex. This time, however, insisted of being embarrassed, I'm so fucking confused.564Please respect copyright.PENANASPgBMQ4DCs
564Please respect copyright.PENANAXNIrF7puyn
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"What the fu—"564Please respect copyright.PENANAO6wD3OXRrT
564Please respect copyright.PENANAb9Q8cosmis
564Please respect copyright.PENANAVru2uVFkz8
"YASS!" she sobs with tears streaming down her face. She's so loud that it hurts my head; I felt my eardrums vibrate just now, but all of that's the least of my problems right now because she just said yes.564Please respect copyright.PENANAycfsn1qWEw
564Please respect copyright.PENANAmxNeyyPw79
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She said yes.564Please respect copyright.PENANAib1S8LTCwG
564Please respect copyright.PENANAwYaSSlVvIN
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To me.564Please respect copyright.PENANAeXgVYoZLGv
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We're going to get married.
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