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It doesn’t matter that we’re surrounded by others; she makes me feel like I’m the only one who matters I’ve come to realize she’s the best part of my day

Opening the cabinet this fine Saturday rin like an idiot Tealey Bell occupies ed to move into my place and claim space of her own My life prior is now full of empty memories

“Good ”

“Fuck” I slam the cabinet door shut, startled I take a breath, and say, “You shouldn’t sneak up on people like that”

“I didn’t sneak,” she says, grinning “I walked right in No sneaking involved” Moving to the fridge, she laughs “Guess we’re even What were you doing staring into the cabinet anyway? If the s bother you that much, I can pack them back up and keep them in my room” She turns her back as she reaches for the creas

“No”

Straightening, she scrunches her nose “All right Settle down I’ll leave the ot rin that creases her cheeks

“Well played”

She shrugs “What can I say?”

“Got Rhubarb?” I read the front of her T-shirt

Glancing down, she runs her hand over her chest My jaw slacks Oblivious, she says, “It’s an underrated vegetable if you ask me”

I narrow ?”

“No,” she replies on an upbeat “Just showing , she asks, “Coffee?”

Taking it, I spin it so I can read what she’s given me “Let’s bone?”

Let’s Bone

“Uh, mm, er” I readjust, not even subtly, because da with me? “Um”

“It’s funny,” she says “He’s a skeleton”

“Yeah, I got it”

Touching em” and how it cracks her up Butprovided and is in the process of undressing her She looks froasps “Oh, God Let’s bone Did you think I was asking? Oh, ”