Chapter 184

I pull the door open, curious to face him, but then blink in surprise

when I see Daniel standing there.

“Oh,” I say, my eyes wide as I look up at him. “Daniel.”

He smirks, leaning against my doorframe with a basket full of supplies in his arms. “What. Expecting someone else?”

I laugh a little and look down at the basket, filled with popcorn and

movie supplies. “What are you doing here?”

“Movie night,” he reminds me, perhaps a little too cheerfully. Then

he looks beyond me, expectant. “Can I come in?”

I bite my lip, not really knowing how to say “no, thank you, please go away, your dad I think wants to take my virginity tonight and be quite nice about it.” But Daniel doesn’t wait for my reply anyway,

pushing past me.

“I was thinking some 90’s classics tonight,” he says, looking at

settles onto

pull his laptop from the basket and open it so that we can watch the movie

doorway, and pauses

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he says quietly, looking

this.”

“Daniel, you don’t even like me –

you be on this date with

lip and looks at the door,

the hallway at any moment. “I have to marry someone, Fay. And in this world, it can’t be a man.” He shifts his gaze to mine. “I want it to be you – I care about you in my own way. Won’t you please let me try to

the floor. “I just don’t

he begs, and I look up at

damn it, but I can’t let my friend cry. “Just…can

just do this? Can you please let

shut and coming over

to my friend,

on his shoulder. “But you have

on a scale from 1 to 10, and you have to

honest about it.”

then grabbing a bag of popcorn from

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