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"How’d you guess?"

"You were saying the words in alphabetical order"

Abi tossed her phone back onto the bed "What about you? Are you in love with hih she’d known it had to be coo"

"So what? Are you telling ht? Or that it can last forever?"

That was just the thing--Serena didn’t knohat she believed For nineteen years, her ht her that love wasn’t real, that no one would ever love her the way Genevieve did, and that her mother was the only person she’d ever be able to trust At the end of Serena’s first frat party, it had looked like all of those things were true

But in the past feeeks she’d come to trust Sean in a way she’d never trusted anyone else Even going so far as to offer to raphy after the break he’d taken since his mother’s death

She inhaled a deep, shaky breath, before blowing it out "I’d like to believe it’s real And that forever is possible with someone"

For once, Abi didn’t have a snappy comeback Instead, all she said was, "I’et too deep, she added, "Hey, didn’t you have a question foraround inside her head, it took Serena a few seconds to rewind to the beginning of their conversation and remember her question "I’e of planning our date on Friday night I ondering if you’d be able to help rew as Serena explained her plan, and when she was done, her roommate said, "Of course I can help you But if you ask ht into Sean’s bed Whichin love--than you think"

"How did you sneak this stuff in here?"

Sean’s voice was low enough that only Serena could hear it As he quickly zipped up her backpack to hide the slasses, penknife, and liht, her stoht?

"I’m here so much that they don’t check e of the work table and stared down at her, his expression unreadable "I know I’ you this, but are you sure this is what you want to do tonight?"

It would have been easier to shake her head, to laugh it off and tell hi were a joke But what could bedrunk on a Friday night?