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I got inside. They were pa

a ponytail. She does that whenever she is stressed. Her blac

yes which I inherited were calm and void of trouble. How blonde hair was perfect as always. I

y didn't you pick up your phon

she just looks at me like

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me now so chill," my dad sa

eaving me and clenching

g to spend the night at Woodley hotels si

st word she had ever heard. "Rachael you don't

use that deal didn't go as I planned"

y mom asked and I nodded at her. "My daughter," she said, holding my face

doing that" I apolog

ext time so we aren't worried s

the question to my dad. I don't tell them about the pai

re walking away. "I'm going t

"I will have Rita bring something for you to

ged into a nightie. I came out and saw a sandwich and a thermos probably filled with coffee and some

n discovered that I didn't have

d finally left for work so I went to use the office line. I

around so please leave a message and I

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he made a sound so as to say

r phone," he

dding. "When can I

cks near you and give it

?" I ask "I can come g

I'm going to come over to the Starbucks I saw on t

an upstairs and changed. I yelled for Rita that I was gone bef

gh so much trouble to find me. Soon enough a person's sh

t gratefully. "Thanks and I'm sorry f

I'm sorry about earl

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or hangovers and we both have mild cases of hangovers," he said, opening the cafe

se because this was my first time getting drunk but my head w

d as we took our seats in on

ive and awake" I ex

ause you are a

latte," I say and he grins from ear to ear. "And

uy," he says and I agree.

and his smile broadens. "

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at there in silence sipping o

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how it happened an

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