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Chapter 54

Author: Fallenwild
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I spent the morning tearing through my dresser like a tornado hit it, which was stupid because I owned maybe five dresses total and none of them screamed “perfect first date.” Everything looked too formal or too casual or too much like something I’d wear to church with my grandmother if I had a grandmother who went to church.

By the time I gave up and threw on jeans and a tank top to meet Naomi, my room looked like a clothing bomb had gone off.

The mall was already crowded even though it was barely noon, which reminded me why I usually avoided this place on weekends. Naomi was waiting by the fountain, scrolling through her phone and looking annoyingly put-together in a pretty sundress.

“Finally,” she said when she saw me. “I was starting to think you’d chickened out.”

“Sorry, I couldn’t find my wallet.”

We hit the department store first for her cousin’s wedding gift, which involved way too much debate over whether crystal stemware or a coffee maker was more appropriate. I kept zoning
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