Page 58 of What We Knew Then

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don’t act like you don’t have my schedule

actually please tell me you have it

a guy tries to bring a truce in the shape of a coffee one time

hahaha

Picturing Cora laugh while we’re texting lightens the weight in my chest by just a piece. It’s a weight I've carried ever since I was a kid,.. growing heavier every time I felt like no one wanted me. Every time someone told me how worthless I was. How I’d amount to nothing.

do you like teaching that early

seems like a nightmare

I don’t like wasting time

not one for sleeping in

like gettingthings done

maybe I can get you to slow down

doubtful

^^thinks about penalty box^^

you liked that, didn’t you?

insecure about it?

absolutely not

believe me

i felt how much you liked it

maybe I was faking it?

ha

you won’t be faking it

not sure what good ol’ freddy was up to

but I can promise you that

making promises already?

scare you?

you don’t scareme lane maxwell

not even a little?

not even a tiny bit.

hmmm, maybe you were a little scared with the power going out?

you imagine things, lane maxwell.

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