Page 32 of Fall I Want

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Autumn

Hi. It’s me, Autumn.

Boring.

I delete it and shake my head, realizing I care what he thinks.I care. Shit!

Autumn

Hi, it’s your new friend. Now you have my number. I left you pumpkin bread!

Lame.

I delete it and move to the last conversation I had with Julie.

Autumn

Do you think I should text Alex?

Julie

Yes and make it ridiculously flirty.;)

Autumn

He needs a friend, Jules. That’s it.

I can’t get that sad expression on his face out of my head.

Julie

Tell him you were thinking about him and thought you’d send a text just in case he was doing the same.

Autumn

You and I have two totally different personalities. I could never come off that strong.

Julie

I’m the extrovert to your introvert. But I know you, babe. You’re probably sitting at your nook staring at that haunted house on the hill while daydreaming about him. Who wouldn’t? That man is gorgeous.

Sometimes I hate how well she knows me.

Autumn

Jules.

I move my focus back to the street, watching the passersby down below. The tourists have already arrived. Not surprising, considering the official first day of autumn is this weekend. It’s when mostof the fall festivities kick off and they last through October 31, then the town transforms into a winter wonderland that could be the set of a movie.

Julie

Next up, you’ll be baking him pumpkin bread.

My brows furrow. How could she know?

Autumn

Huh?

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