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Is it something you might want to do?

NotYourAverageJoe19

Yes. But not yet.

FaeAtHeart

Göbekli Tepe: The Megalithic Builders Who Pre-Dated Agriculture

The Guanches: Mysterious Indigenous People of the Canary Islands

The Parthian Empire: Persia’s Silent Power Against Rome

The Scythians: Nomadic Warriors of the Eurasian Steppe

Of course. I understand. You don’t really know me. It would be weird.

NotYourAverageJoe19

It has nothing to do with you.

I want to make sure you like me enough you won’t go running when you see me.

FaeAtHeart

I don’t think that will be a problem.

NotYourAverageJoe19

I’ve changed my answer.

FaeAtHeart

About?

NotYourAverageJoe19

I’m the one who’s in trouble here.

FaeAtHeart

I think we both are.

I should probably go to bed. I have an early class tomorrow.

NotYourAverageJoe19

The Etruscans: Italy’s Lost Civilization Before the Rise of Rome

The Nabataeans of Petra: Desert Traders Behind a Rock-Cut Metropolis

The Civilization of Carthage: Rome’s Greatest Forgotten Rival

The Phoenician Maritime Empire: Masters of Trade, Navigation, and Alphabet Innovation

Can I talk to you again soon?

FaeAtHeart

Yes.

Goodnight, Joe.

NotYourAverageJoe19

Goodnight, trouble.

SYDNEY

Someone should bottle up the scent of book pages and sell it as cologne or perfume. Candles are great, but as a cologne on a good looking guy…it’s like a pheromone to me.

My fingers glide over the spines of the newest book releases in the fantasy section. I’m hiding out at the bookstore in town. Koa summoned me earlier to start planning Nash’s birthday party but I refuse to reply to him. I didn’t want his help with the party before and I definitely don’t want it now.