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

a grin as he settles onto my bed.

say, giving him a smile and leaning on the wall as I watch him pull his laptop from the basket and open it so that we can

open doorway, and pauses his action.

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quietly, looking at me

this.”

I breathe, shaking my head, not understanding him. “Daniel, you don’t even like me – and

on this

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

sigh, looking down at the floor. “I just don’t

and I look up at him when I hear his

I can’t let my friend cry. “Just…can

do this? Can you please let me

door shut

I climb in next to my

head on his shoulder. “But

from 1 to 10, and you have

honest about it.”

from the basket, offering it to me.

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