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January

OoooOOooo do tell

Raleigh

Story time!

I smile and keep typing as I walk down the hallway, through the arena, and out to the parking lot. Before I can press send, another message pops up.

Kellen

Hey, love muffin, it’s your fake boyfriend

I burst out laughing.

Me

Love muffin??What the hell?

Kellen

We should probably come up with cute pet names for each other. Isn’t that what boyfriends and girlfriends do? If you don’t like that one, I can keep brainstorming

Me

Are we twelve years old? And… how do you not know what people in a relationship do?

Kellen

You don’t have to be mean

I look around the parking lot and see a pair of squirrels frolicking up a tree.

Me

Sorry, squirrel

Kellen

Squirrel?

Me

I’m not good at this either, okay??

Kellen sends a laughing emoji, and I don’t lift my eyes from my phone until I get into my car.

This might actually be fun.

CHAPTER 10

Not a Lion

KELLEN

Saturday, September 29

“How far is this mountain, kitten?” Lucy asks.

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