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LUKE: I'lad you didn't decide to throw me over

ALEXA: I almost did

LUKE: I know You shouldn't We should enjoy e have while we can Life is short People die

ALEXA: They do Goodnight

LUKE: Goodnight

I putlanced at myself in the h s, very enjoyable things, that I kneould get to to since I'd had a boyfriend and had real sex Well, Luke wasn't technically a boyfriend, but he was a lover

I had a lover

I s ready for bed When I went to the kitchen to grab a bottle of water out of the refrigerator, I saw that Candace was still up, dressed in her nightgown and reading her emails, her knee bent up under her chin

I sat on my chair beside hers

”I have a lover," I said to her as I unscrewed the bottle and took a long drink

She turned and glanced atcrazily

"You do," she said and pushed ! Finally,some You deserve it"

"I do deserve it"

"After all you went through with Blaine, you deserve someone like Luke"

I nodded and of course, thoughts of Blaine ruinedabout Luke The two could not be further apart in temperament, which was probably why I was attracted to Luke