Ben717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡADZGmOraPM
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February 18, 2005
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Three days later
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It's been three days.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmlBIf94Tcu
Three whole days without seeing her.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBieQnlbWuV
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Okay, maybe it hasn't even been that long, but it feels like forever.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbh0CQdyM0
I miss her laugh, her shy smile, her sense of humor, shit... I just miss everything about her.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb9kQIY6IGP
I'm not sure I can wait any longer, but the plan starts tomorrow.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgfumJyvFq
Tomorrow is the big day. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlft4ksleq7
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Kat has no idea what is in store for her...717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnKceTzor8p
...and neither do I. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNOTzqNYq6x
Fuck, I don't have a plan. I'm freaking the fuck out.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVnRmtTftuG
It has to be perfect. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWaebjJyc1K
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Just like her.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyOlwH5hQr7
I have to not only convince our friends, but I also need to impress Kat. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhD9V4rqQst
That's going to be tough.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5SJ1CSPyk9
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb6upPgfA49
Fuck, can I really pull this off?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIPxIgQsU0E
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Kat has faith in me, but what if this doesn't work? 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnRCmpCmufI
Shit... I hadn't thought about that. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtyF8wXQ3TP
I know it's fake, but there's still a chance I could upset Kat. Or our friends could call us on our shit. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5kX4PaVm1e
Oh fuck, what will I do if that happens?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLa5YvBOujD
I guess if all else fails, I could just kiss the shit out of her. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrrb37zBfLw
Yeah, I like that plan. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt82DBDbaaq
Maybe that should just be the whole plan... It would definitely show everyone she's mine, but would it be good enough?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhBvE8Bsizv
I already know that's a big fat no. I am going to have to dig a little deeper.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAYnHrMwNQ
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ85WEanlVnQ
My phone buzzes me, alerting me to a new text. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaZKgoq3v6m
Kat: How's the planning going, Birdie?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzf0fsiHbvp
Shit. She's going to kill me.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8KEgX6PaVK
Maybe if I just ignore her, she will go away. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jI7SJyDV6
A few minutes later, my phone buzzes again. Damn, that didn't work.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw2m3pbkm8g
Kat: Ben? Do you need some help?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzs2urZyXhq
Kat would probably plan her own surprise party.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡooSO8cDNxS
Ben: No way, Beautiful. I got this. Don't worry about a thing.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOeAB3sLbk
Kat: If you're sure...717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MGQ7GyktI
No, I'm not sure. I'm full of shit, but she can't know that.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkqpvqEmlP0
Ben: I am sure. Now go back to whatever book you had your nose in, Babe.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6mUzTzNU1o
Kat: I'm not your Babe, playboy. Now go back to whatever girl you were texting. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGdQeM2drNX
Like there was anyone else.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNdzlzdu3eA
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Like there would ever be anyone else.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsqv3Tr9wwA
Shit, where did that come from?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuodxX0Iauo
Ben: I only see you, Beautiful.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IntH1wqvJ
Kat: Wow. You want some wine with that cheese?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeRwexq4BLs
Seriously? She thinks I would mess around, even in a pretend relationship. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF974o7o6ru
Ben: Pretty sure that's not how that goes. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3RDIji8sM3
Kat: Whatever, Birdie. I know a cheesy line when I see it. You probably say that to all the girls.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUxPPJGL4yD
Ben: There are no other girls.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgdkK9nrf8O
Kat: I find that very hard to believe, playboy. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGuG748fEe9
And now I know exactly what I have to do. I have a plan. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMqq2aEE3q
Thank God or Buddha or whoever gave me this idea.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAUY6LZKRPh
Ben: Then I will just have to prove it to you. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDFaU4KGWXk
And prove it to her, I will.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdnOhST0imE
Kat: Good luck.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAAqjzsDsFh
Ben: And please call me something more loving. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOThSUB9g6u
Kat: Like what?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4Wko4MWwIy
Ben: I don't know, pretend like you like me.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmBufTbYy1
If only she really did. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBBK7sFi5zw
Kat: I'll try. See you tomorrow, Handsome. :)717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsal04z7Q3
Oh... I could definitely get used to that.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpfVSz7NbrN
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnNeDMq0lT8
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHy5lGZUndg
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWvnPuiRSr
I don't pine after a girl.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPZsRdkqPJN
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I'm Joseph Bentley Alexander. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVvwpgBWm8W
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Girls pine after me. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6YQkL0lBgx
Nope, no pining here. How lame would that be?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOY27Fp4Aq
Okay, I think I'm going to call her. But in a manly, totally not pining kind of way.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkcmpVxejtK
I mean, why not? We are supposed to be fake dating, right? It wouldn't be weird.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJHlCw3pB2m
Would it?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRo990JCTyZ
I guess we aren't really dating yet... 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm7swFz25zd
Shit. Am I really over-thinking all this?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqrSdq1UMV7
Now I'm that guy, fuck, and she doesn't even want to be with me. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgw1I0EtS4F
Not for real anyway. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6yLh0f1F2x
I am so fucked.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm0L94bprc0
If I call, what's the worst she can do? Hang up on me, I guess... That's not too bad.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPODVUbaEwT
I press the call button.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcenDIdz7gX
Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTydGkDWSIu
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Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI92Yjf83Qp
Shit, she's not gonna answer. Isn't that worse than hanging up?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmHmmGG0Z56
Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKNDEpLdpkj
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Ring, ring. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6z0iud4C4B
Why did I think this was a good idea? I'm a fucking idiot. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ25wI9Lm5tW
Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcGoGL1YSj3
"Hello?" Her breathy voice invades my ear and it puts me at ease, while also making me so fucking nervous.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3dAZJvJhhN
How does that even work?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUbhwrd5Du
"Ben?" Shit, I need to say something, don't I?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxHGrwrWWHs
"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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpGT7id1khH
I hope she can't hear my heart pounding through the phone. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj63ezgotCu
"Bennnn? Helloooooo? Okay, I'm hanging up now. Speak now or forever hold your peace! Okay, bye."717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5gxcWMynVS
Click.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVEO9Wwk00
Fuck. I really messed that up, didn't I? God, I'm such a fucking idiot sometimes.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡed5dZnD0Oc
I throw my phone, the betraying bastard, down on the dresser before belly flopping on my bed. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqSz51DLEFh
I groan. I can't believe I just called her and then start there like a mute idiot. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYFanTwu6ng
Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ68faVEDBfB
I hear my phone from across the room. Could it be her?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkxFf0g9Zxh
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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FUbzwrNCm
Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0A9yJ5J3xT
"Shit!" I face plant on the hardwood floor. Fuck, that hurt!717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWnCJ80cQyP
Ring, ring.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmXyvGoo12b
"Goddamn, mother fucker, stupid ass sheet, get off me!" I kick violently, trying to release my foot. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0mh8r0rcQq
Ring-717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWtWtsmROap
"Hello?" Shit, I sound out of breath. I can't tell her about the battle of the sheet, how stupid would that sound?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUySBr21zRq
"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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCdhpzQ6Fd
Did it? Shit, did I say anything out loud? No... I'm pretty sure... I didn't... Fuck. I hope not.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwdIwymwxy
"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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OLU5t2SS7
Fuck, I sound like a complete idiot who's also a fat loser. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8ftzK91UPR
"Yeah, you did? What were you doing? You sound... busy." 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IfVwXRQxz
"Oh uh, you know... Just working out. Gotta stay in shape, you know?" And now I sound like a total douche.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡskEjAfOhZK
Fuck, when did I get so insecure? 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnWxFVwRHz0
Hey idiot, you've always been this way, you just pretended not to be. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvXP283AQAN
Shut up, stupid brain.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHAef4hHXBl
Okay, get your breathing under control, man. Don't let the stupid ass, mother fucking sheet win. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFa3Asih1j1
"You sure? If this is a bad time, I can let you go." She sounds annoyed, but I'm not sure what I did. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxXUgdDbH2G
This time.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt3WDZePQov
"No!" Oops, that came out louder than I meant it to. "I mean, wait, we need to talk."717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMnUROtIhD
"Oh... Okay." Her voice is sad. Fuck, what did I do?717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5bTwm7Ve4F
"You know, about the... plan?" So much for subtlety.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡARVdU117Fi
"Having trouble coming up with something?" She accuses.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx38TGdIXrZ
"What? No?" Shit, I'm back to everything sounding like a question. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiC4kvzBMX2
"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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHJR8iA7Ros
"What? No way, Kat. Listen, I just called to-" She stops me mid sentence, before I can spill the details of my awesome plan. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVDtmhzMUL
Yep, it's awesome. In fact, I'm going to call it "Plan Awesome" from now on.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡACyQGm1hHV
"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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ94w6Kr2sCR
"Whatever, you know what I mean." I feel my defenses rising as well. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQiL4j7fArk
"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. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpBwn6qSWd1
"You know what, Kat, I have a plan that's going to blow you out of the water, just you wait!" 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUm2FY6SVF
"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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2xUvZYd0ta
Shit. I type as fast as my fingers will allow, trying to cram everything I should have said into a short message. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZ56diCiY8
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.717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBhFWrHcym
After sending out one last ditch effort I fall into bed, but I never receive a reply before I give into sleep. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkgwRbxW15Y
A single thought, repeating over and over in my head. 717Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMh0R7BdyNP
I really fucked it up this time, didn't I?
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