"Just choose a place." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLe6pSIrTKI
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"I already said I don't care where we go."747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPvlhc5YCq
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"Riley for the love of everything holy and pure just choose somewhere to eat!"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPoyUO4TlMt
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"Aah! Okay, okay, what about there?" I pointed to a neon flashing sign.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSZeuj113Xy
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"McDonalds? No. I'm talking sit down restaurant where we wait for beautiful well-cooked not plastic food!"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeuQxeuZFfR
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"Ellie," I sighed. "Fine. What about the one next to it?"747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl03XcfXWxx
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"Joe's? Hmm, okay. I haven't been there in months." She flipped on her signal, turning into the driveway happily. After she parked, we both stepped out of the car and closed the doors, Ellie pressing a button and smiling when the 'beep beep' of the car confirmed it was locked. "That is so satisfying." Ellie commented. I shook my head at her jokingly.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxE8AJtDp5q
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We walked into a dingy looking bar that was almost vacant, aside from two or three people scattered about. One was sitting at the bar, the other two playing a game of pool. As we sat in the squeaky bar stool, a grubby man with a curled mustache greeted us with cheer.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXGyBgqbUfe
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"Ah, Miss Ellie! How good it is to see you again! Who is your friend?" His voice had the slight shadow of an Italian accent, his eyes gleaming a joyful blue. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡILzQt9FwFj
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"Joe, this is Riley. She's my roomie at TWDU, and enjoys being antisocial." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBbIdfpuZI6
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"Ellie." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNo3J8tR3ZX
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"She also enjoys typing nonsense on her computer, and-" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUvmFygy4K2
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"Ellie." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiTbMFZm32H
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"Most of all she loves to tou-" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9nXgai61s
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"Ellie!" I flushed. "I can speak for myself." The bartender Joe let out a hearty laugh. "It seems like you two are fine friends. What'll it be, ladies? First rounds on the house!" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzft7SRTvFL
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"What? Are you sure? We can pay you know." Ellie's eyes raised in surprise. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzZaKuEbOT
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"Nonsense! I know how you are with money Miss Ellie. Your drinks are on the house, but I'll let you pay for the meal." his eyes twinkled when he smiled, revealing the rows of his teeth. I noticed that he had many fillings, perhaps the result of one too many sweets. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfhxHuRF3Z
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"Oh alright. You can't keep treating me like this, okay?" she sighed. "I'll just have a Coke, I'm driving tonight. Riley?" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYSAQr4EMju
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"Water, please." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB3HwV5KjET
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"Riley," Ellie gave me a look. "Water is free here as it is. Please at least have one drink." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjqs5nKJzgr
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"You are really trying, aren't you?" I mused. "Have it your way then, I'll have a Jack Daniels mixed with Orange Crush soda, please." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRyjq77aTn4
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Ellie raised an eyebrow. "Jack Daniels, huh? I don't know you were into that stuff." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ7xexxvQs0
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I chuckled. "I had it once in high school, I guess the taste stuck with me all the way through." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0Juz43J6ty
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Joe returned with a clean glass filled half with the alcohol and half with the soda. He left the soda can beside the drink. "Feel free to mix it as you like. Would you girls like menus?" Ellie nodded, taking a sip of her own drink.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx5tl2N6q5M
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I glanced to the side, observing the man a couple seats away. He had a troublemakers smirk on his face, untidy brunette hair and emerald eyes. The man wore a baggy hoodie that bore the TWDU crest on the left shoulder, as well as a dirty pair of jeans that I suspected he'd probably worn throughout the week. He caught my eye, smirking, and I turned back to my drink. Weirdo. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwTN0GC2Wb
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"We're you looking at him?" Ellie startled me. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmOPAxJpEg
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"No. I was merely observing him." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFv4zOhKSr3
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"That's the same thing." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKbumQRVCL4
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"Shut up." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryBwMLjy5U
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Just then Joe arrived with our menus. Thankful for an excuse to avoid Ellie's questioning gaze, I looked at the sandwich selection. BLT, Club Chicken, none of it appealed to me. I glanced over my menu, only to see the smirking guy staring at me. I glared at him, trying to keep my eyes on my menu. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2oim4Os3y2
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"I gotta pee." Ellie announced, smiling at me and retreating to the ladies room. Gee, thanks best friend. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXQicXdcbaE
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I kept my eyes firmly on one item: a double cheeseburger. But he kept staring. I sighed.747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxsvWW2zPU9
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"What?" I snapped. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcEYWRKwC5V
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"Me?" he said, checking over his shoulder jokingly. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qf9BZgZ9x
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"Yes, you. Why do you keep staring at me?" I scowled. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡweUOuxVHZu
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"Aww, come on. Don't look so grumpy. You were a lot better when you smiled." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPRvUsB9pmf
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"I suppose you want me to take that as a compliment." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIk4YsP2G2e
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"That would be the ideal outcome." his eyes shone with interest. I made an 'ugh' sort of noise. "Well, you'll have to go find someone else that will buy your corny act, because it definitely isn't working on me." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYPsC6Lxc3C
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"I'm Pip," the guy said. "Some of my friends call me Pip Pip Cheerio as a joke." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwaaPsybMr
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"I can see why it would be made as a joke." I retreated to my menu, ultimately deciding on a simple burger. Damn it all, I thought. I know your intentions are good, Ellie, but you didn't have to leave me here with this prick. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrwoeiY1Nlm
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"Say, what's your name? I'm honestly just curious. You are rather pretty." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2YG5vPa2nc
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"I'd rather not say." I buried my face further into the menu. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTcCFFWB0RQ
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"Well, I'll guess then. Hmm..." He narrowed his eyes, as if peering farther at me than normal. Wait, that is farther than normal. Is he..? 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCHMeG5PoAL
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"Are you looking at my boobs?" I interjected, staring at him crossly. He instantly blushed. "Wh-What?! No! I'm not that sort of guy!" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowniIak9SS
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"I call bull. Why were you staring so intently then?!" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7MtjgRYfT
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"Have mercy on me Riley, please?" He placed his hands together, begging for my approval. I felt something sink into the pit of my stomach, and it wasn't my drink. "How did you know my name?" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6X2Ert93ey
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"Lucky guess?" I gave him a contempt look. "I heard your friend say it." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxP5N60lvrE
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"Alright. If you swear to stop being a jerk, I may consider you as an acquaintance. That means I'd rather not talk to you anymore tonight, so don't push it." I gave him a final glare, but Pip seemed happy enough, returning to his own drink and taking a swig. Ellie walked back to her stool, a smug grin on her face. "Well?" she asked. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDdIEoLUw8
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"You didn't have to leave. In fact, it may have been better if you stayed. I don't like him." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSg4ZUMujDI
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"That bad, huh? Hey, guy!" she called over to Pip. What are you doing you idiot?! "You're a TWDU student too, right? Feel free to visit us in our room anytime. We're in room 20B. I'm Ellie, her roomie." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBHYItvGHWA
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He smiled. "You're a lot more friendly than Riley, for sure. I'm Pip. I'll definitely be seeing you two in the future." he chuckled warmly, downing the rest of his drink. "Ah, I must be going. Enjoy your dinner, ladies!" Then he left, waving as he went. 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR0dUTLbdew
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"You didn't." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡatESKWYFfL
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"I did." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUAgyc6XRF
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"I hate you." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLbAlQOvGug
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"Liar." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLEcewTtoW
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Joe came back, ready to take our orders. I got my burger, and Ellie got the Chicken Club sandwich. For the rest of the night she kept asking me questions about Pip, disappointed that I wasn't into him. "He's fairly cute," she said. "I think you'd do good to get in a relationship sometime." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl9X6JefwGe
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"No," I kept saying. "It would only add more stress to the giant load I have already. Besides, I want to wait until I find the one." 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXgWY7D8FF3
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"How do you know he didn't just leave?" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HnQSUO2Zx
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"The number of times you've said that in the past is astounding, you know?" 747Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGSwbPGlAL
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We finished our food, which was surprisingly delicious, thanked Joe and paid, and then were back in our dorm in no time. I flopped on our couch-bed, the warmth of the sheets pulling me into sleep. Ellie curled up beside me, instantly blacking out. I wished I could fall asleep that easily. I yawned, and let myself relax until sleep finally pulled me under.
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