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when I’d broken it off with her saying I stole it. I gave it back, charges were dropped, I spread a rumor that she had herpes, all was well. Hey, I was sixteen).
    A lot. Hm. If I told you it was over 30 would you think bad of me?
    Your ex sounds like a fucking prick and your friend sounds like a cunt. They deserve each other’s fucked up selves.
    Yes. I’ve had my heart broken. Yes, I was serious with her. Not sure I want to talk about it.
    So are you a virgin?
    xx
    Uh. Wow. That escalated quickly.
    Did I really want to talk to him about this? He’d been pretty open with me and it was way too easy telling him things behind an email address. I guessed it couldn’t hurt anything since I’d have our professor change our pen pals if this really was Gable, so he’d never know it was me anyway.
    ______________________________________
    From: 9565876
    Subject: Trouble-making screw-up
    Date: September 18, 11:30 p.m.
    To: 9543254
    You sound a lot like my middle brother. I guess he was a hellraiser too. He almost got a DUI his jr year in hs, but since my dad was good friends with the sheriff, he talked him out of it telling him he’d put my brother to work. And he did. My brother was grounded almost all summer and worked his ass off on the farm. He’s a heartbreaker too. I think he had at least 50 girlfriends during hs or it seemed that way.
    Why does it matter if I think badly of you? You can talk about anything you want with me. I won’t judge. But only if you’re comfortable.
    And thanks. They’re definitely not my two favorite people by a long shot.
    No, I’m not a virgin, but my ex has been my one and only. I guess I’m old school because I think you need to care about each other before you take that step. That’s pretty lame, huh?
    xo
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    From: 9543254
    Subject: Trouble-making screw-up
    Date: September 18, 11:34 p.m.
    To: 9565876
    Not lame at all. I agree that it’s much better when you have feelings for the other person. But as a guy, well, you’ve got brothers, so I’m sure you understand somewhat that it’s just different. Not sure how to explain it. It just is. Call me sexist if you want. I mean, if I had a sister, I’d kick a guy’s teeth in if he even tried touching her. Weird, right?
    I don’t know why it matters if you think bad of me. It just does.
    I’m glad you don’t.
    xx
    ______________________________________
    From: 9565876
    Subject: Misogynistic tendencies
    Date: September 18, 11:39 p.m.
    To: 9543254
    Hi Sexist,
    How are you?
    xo
    ______________________________________
    From: 9543254
    Subject: Misogynistic tendencies
    Date: September 18, 11:41 p.m.
    To: 9565876
    Funny.
    xx
    I left it at that. I had class in the morning so I needed sleep and just as I was drifting off, my phone dinged again.
    ______________________________________
    From: 9543254
    Subject: Thanks
    Date: September 19, 12:11 a.m.
    To: 9565876
    I’m glad I have you to talk to… thanks for listening. You might be the first chick I’ve ever been just friends with.
    xx
    Oh, wow. Now what was I going to do with this? Gable really did have a sweet side (if this was actually him). I took a deep breath and blew it out knowing if he kept being nice, it might spell out trouble for me. I mean, I was already wildly attracted to him physically, but if on top of that he turned out to be a decent human being, I knew I’d be in danger of possibly falling in serious like with him. Definitely needed to be careful here.
    ______________________________________
    From: 9565876
    Subject: Thanks
    Date: September 19, 12:13 a.m.
    To: 9543254