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“Oh, great. You were listening, too? Can I say anything in private in this house?”
“Hey! Don’t blame me. I was just minding my business in my room. I didn’t ask for you to have the most awkward and embarrassing conversation of your life right outside the door. Seriously, I’ve seen episodes of Glee that are less cringe than what I just heard.”
“Okay, I get it! Please just go into the kitchen and start making lunch.”
“I already ate.”
“When?”
“During your forty-five-minute shower.”
“Oh, all right then.”
“But I made extras for you.”
“You did?”
“Yeah.”
“Well, thanks.” We walk together, and she pulls out the leftovers from the fridge. It’s a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and I smile. Gourmet today!
“So, do you want to talk about it?” she asks, after sitting across from me at the table.
“About what?”
“What just happened between you and Dean. Because I have some thoughts.”
“Oh, yeah? And what are those?”
“Well, you two clearly love each other.”
I almost choke on the bread in my mouth.
“Whoa! Definitely not. We’ve only known each other a few days.”
“Fine. But you like each other, and for whatever reason, you’re not allowing yourselves to just be together.”
“It’s complicated.”
“Because he wants to buy our land?”
“How do you—”
“I could hear him and Grandpa talking.”
“Oh. Well, yes. That adds some difficulty to the situation,” I admit.
“But you even said yourself that you wanted to go back to the city.”
“I’ve thought about it. But you seem so happy here.”
“I am. But I was happy at our old apartment, too.”
“Even with all of the mean girls at school?”
“Yeah. I’ve learned how to navigate them.”
She’s close enough to me that I can swipe the hair off of her shoulder. “I know. But you’re so excited to start at this new school.”
