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make a pretty good team if I adjust my attitude and stop being silly and

standoffish about everything. I know why I was doing it. I was trying to

listen to my head and obliterate everything else. Chloe also really likes you.

She’s not a difficult kid. She likes everyone well enough, but she’s not

comfortable with strangers the way she is with you. I think that if we got to

know more about each other, we’d actually be a good fit, despite the— uh

— our obvious differences.”

“What are those?”

Taylor kept her hand in Christina’s and sipped her latte with the other.

She obviously didn’t want to talk about differences, but she was going to

anyway. “I guess just our backgrounds. You grew up in the city. I didn’t.

You went to boarding school. I definitely didn’t. Your family has money.

Mine has enough, but my parents definitely aren’t rich. I

haven’t gone to

college. You probably went to an Ivy League school. I’m younger than you,

but I don’t exactly think I have less life experience. Just different

experience. Although I did grow up in a small town, so maybe that’s not

quite true. I imagine New York is really exciting.”

“It’s a nice place,” Christina admitted. When she did, she realized that

she really did miss it. She’d been purposely trying not to think about it so

that she could focus on succeeding in Austin. She didn’t want to get

homesick and not be able to function in her new life.

“We’re very different people, but I think that might make things

exciting,” Taylor said. “Like a challenge, but a good challenge. We could

learn a lot from each other, and everyone says that opposites attract. Maybe

it’s true.”

“What happened last night was— well…”

“I know,” Taylor blurted. “I can tell by your face that you think that I’m

moving too fast. I’m not saying that we have to make a decision about

dating or that we’re freaking in a relationship now because we— yeah. I’m

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