Cupid up to something | One S...

By MissReidRidingBook

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Cupid up to something a compilation of one shot stories. ( On going✍︎ ) More

Author's note
01 | Dream High
02 | End Game
05 | Ghosted
06 | Real Deal (Boy POV)
09 | Shame Dame

03 | Go and let go

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By MissReidRidingBook

A/N: This one shot has different font, it's originally typed in this font so please bare with me and tinamad na ko i-edit.

I started writing this one shot way back November 2021 and I just found this on my notes one night and decided to pulled this out after asking my bestfriends opinions regarding to this story.

If you like this story thank my bestfriends they help me to have a courage to published this.

Anyways, big shout out to people we let go!

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𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑥𝑎𝑐𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢. "𝑊𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠" 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑛𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑧𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑒.

𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼'𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑑𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛.

𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑖𝑛, '𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑚𝑢𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑠𝑡. 𝐼 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑠, 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐼'𝑚 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑎𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑔𝑜.

𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑟𝑒𝑤 𝑚𝑒.

𝐼 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑒𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑, 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑖𝑡 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑏𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑜𝑛𝑒.

𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.

𝐿𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒.

𝑂𝑓𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢!, 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ℎ𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑙𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒?. 𝐼𝑡'𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑒 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑.

𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑦 ℎ𝑢ℎ!

𝐼 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑝 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑜𝑟 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.

𝐼 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝐵𝑢𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑦.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑎𝑤 𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

𝑁𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑒𝑠𝑐𝑎𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠.

𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑚 𝑎 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑡 '𝐻𝑖!' 𝑡𝑜 𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑊𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑒𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟.

𝐴 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑠𝑢𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒.

𝐼 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡.

𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛'𝑡 𝑛𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑡. 𝐴𝑚 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔? 𝑜𝑟 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑑𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑?

𝑅𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛.

𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘.

𝐷𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑐𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑜𝑜𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑖𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑠𝑚𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑢𝑠.

𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑎 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑣𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑜𝑛𝑐𝑒.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑒, 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑡 𝑏𝑒𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

"𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢?" 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝐼 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑚𝑒𝑎𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑠𝑘.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑏𝑒𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒.

"𝐺𝑜𝑜𝑑, 𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎 𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒 𝑏𝑖𝑡.

"𝐻𝑜𝑤 '𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢?, 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

𝐼 𝑠𝑖𝑔ℎ "𝑁𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒" 𝐼 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑑.

"𝐼𝑓..." 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘.

"𝐼𝑓 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑎𝑏𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑏𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟.

"𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑠𝑜?" 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑖𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑞𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

"'𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒....." 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

"𝐶𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒" 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑙𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑤𝑜 𝑜𝑓 𝑢𝑠.

"𝐺𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛?" 𝐼 𝑎𝑠𝑘 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛.

"𝑀𝑒" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑.

"𝐶𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑏𝑒 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑑𝑑𝑒𝑑.

𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛.

"𝐻𝑜𝑤?, 𝑤ℎ𝑦? 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑛" 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝐼 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑠𝑜 𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

"𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑟𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟'𝑠 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙" 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑜 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑.

𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑧𝑒 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ.

𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝐼 𝑤𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑑𝑎𝑦.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢. 𝑆𝑜 𝐼 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑠𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛.

𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝐼 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑚𝑦𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑠𝑡𝑢𝑝𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢?

𝐼 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑖𝑡. 𝑇ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠.

"𝑊ℎ𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑖𝑛 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑎 𝑏𝑖𝑡.

"'𝐶𝑎𝑢𝑠𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑐𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒" 𝐼 𝑠𝑖𝑚𝑝𝑙𝑦 𝑟𝑒𝑝𝑙𝑖𝑒𝑑.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

"𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒, 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑖𝑛?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑙 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

"𝐼 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠 𝑠𝑜" 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑓𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑒𝑒𝑒.

"𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐼 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑! 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒.

"𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼'𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑟𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑛𝑜𝑤, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑢𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑎 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑦!" 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑚𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑, 𝑟𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑚𝑏𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 ℎ𝑜𝑤 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑜𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛.

𝐵𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑛, 𝐼 𝑎𝑙𝑤𝑎𝑦𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑑𝑖𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠. 𝐷𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑙𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑝 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑠! 𝑦𝑒𝑎ℎ 𝑤𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑟𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒! 𝑆𝑜 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙𝑠 𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑖𝑙𝑦 𝑓𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑦 𝐼 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑛.

"𝑆𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠𝑙𝑦 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 '𝑌𝑂𝑈-𝐿𝑂𝑂𝐾-𝑆𝑂-𝑈𝑁𝐵𝐸𝐿𝐼𝐸𝑉𝐴𝐵𝐿𝐸' 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒.

"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑓𝑎𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑓𝑢𝑙!" 𝐼 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑠 𝑚𝑦 𝑎𝑟𝑚𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝐼 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝 𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑦 𝑡𝑢𝑔𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑦 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝑡𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

"𝐼'𝑚 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑦𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑓𝑢𝑛 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑, 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑏𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦, 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑦𝑤𝑎𝑦 " 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝑆𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑠𝑜 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡 ℎ𝑢ℎ!

𝐼 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑜𝑛𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑓𝑢𝑙𝑙 𝑜𝑓 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒𝑙𝑓! 𝐻𝑎𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑔𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝐼'𝑚 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑.

"𝑊𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑦𝑒𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑢ℎ!" 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑.

"𝑂𝑟 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝐼 𝑠𝑎𝑦, 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟, 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟, 𝑤ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑑𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘?" 𝐼 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑚𝑖𝑙𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎𝑛 𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑙 𝑡𝑜 𝑦𝑜𝑢.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑠𝑤𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑑 ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑑 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑒𝑦𝑒𝑠.

"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 ℎ𝑢𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑒 ℎ𝑢ℎ?" 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑎𝑠𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑎 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙 𝑠𝑎𝑑 𝑣𝑜𝑖𝑐𝑒.

𝐼𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓𝑓 𝑔𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑑.

"𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑 𝑎𝑡 𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒𝑠 ℎ𝑢ℎ" 𝐼 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘, 𝑚𝑜𝑐𝑘𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑤𝑎𝑦 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑘.

𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝑙𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝑑!

𝐴𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑔𝑜 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒, 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑑𝑟𝑜𝑝 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑙𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑡𝑒𝑟.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑠𝑜 𝑑𝑒𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑛𝑒𝑟𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑤 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔.

𝐼 𝑎𝑚 𝑠𝑜 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑜 𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑒 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑜𝑘𝑎𝑦. 𝐸𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑒𝑡𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑛 𝑢𝑠 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑠𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑙𝑒𝑑. 𝐾𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑡𝑜𝑔𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒.

𝑀𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑖𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑖𝑡 𝑖𝑠!

𝐹𝑖𝑛𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑑 '𝑈𝑆'!

𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑓𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑙𝑦.

𝐴𝑠𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑖𝑛 𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑏𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝑘𝑛𝑒𝑒. 𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑠𝑒𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑑 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝐼 𝑎𝑔𝑟𝑒𝑒.

𝑊𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑠𝑜 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑦𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑠 𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ. 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑖𝑛, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑡𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑠 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑠𝑜𝑛𝑠 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑐𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑑. 𝑆𝑜 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑓𝑙𝑖𝑝 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑡𝑜 𝑏𝑒 𝑤𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑛 𝑎𝑠 𝑖𝑡 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒, 𝑜𝑢𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦. 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝑔𝑜 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑡𝑖𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑦𝑜𝑢 𝑏𝑦 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒...

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