Part 4 of 5, Chapter 20
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I was on my bed with HCE stretched out next to me.
“But we made out four weekends ago.” She propped herself up on her elbow to [...]
Part 4 of 5, Chapter 20
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I was on my bed with HCE stretched out next to me.
“But we made out four weekends ago.” She propped herself up on her elbow to [...]
Part 4 of 5, Chapter 19
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My whole world was just about complete.
Well, except for that HCE wasn’t actually really dating me. Yet. We went out on weekends and saw movies and [...]
Part 4 of 5, Chapter 18
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Deep breath. Okay, another.
The professor is swimming in the front of the class, nattering about the difference between GDP and GNP. HCE is scribbling something [...]
Uh, hey.
Look, I know it’s been a while, and I know I didn’t call or write, and I’m sorry. Though it’s little consolation, I want you to know that I thought about you constantly. I only saw other people like half a dozen times, and frankly I didn’t enjoy [...]
Gyaaaahah!!!! Jeez, man, write something!!!
—Everyone
Okay. You didn’t want to do any work today anyway. But rather than fire directly into Part 4 of an ongoing story or take a shot at transcribing any pent up awkward things of which I have several, let’s do a long-overdue Q&A [...]
Part 3 of 5, Chapter 17
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I broke her gaze and looked down at the box of relationship-droppings, outside her dorm room. “You broke up with him.” Junior Midshipman Obvious, sir, reporting [...]
Part 3, Chapter 16
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I only spent a few nights up in Art School Girl’s cozy, strange bedroom at the top of the ancient house just off campus that she shared with [...]
Part 3, Chapter 15
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“Finally,” I thought, as I leaned in to kiss her.
I specifically remember this particular kiss as being the first time I realized how much I like to draw [...]
“She was super hot though.”
“What?!” I say to my friend sitting two stools down from me at the bar. “You can’t be hot without being smart. They’re like the same word.”
The waitress making a drink behind the bar snorts, smiles, and looks up at me. We make the kind of [...]
Part 3, Chapter 14
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“Justin, I can’t begin to describe how drunk I was…”
“Don’t even worry about it.”
“You think I’m dreadful. I’m so sorry for behaving like that.”
“Quiet. Listen: I have a [...]
“Why don’t you give me your phone number so I can call you?”
“Okay. I don’t know why I got my phone out too. I guess to look at what my number is?”
“Hang on. I’m in the wrong menu. Wait. Clear. New contact. Okay, go.”
“You mean, now?”
I may have met my [...]