Page 68 of The Fall Classic

Logan

Look at you, telling me how it is.

Georgie

I don’t know how I feel about that, honestly. Was that rude?

Logan

GEORGIE.

Georgie

Never mind. I feel great about it!

Logan

The Tree would be so proud.

Georgie

I’ve been thinking about the Tree a lot lately.

Logan

Same. What are you thinking?

Georgie

If I read it the way you read it, I’m frustrated for it.

Logan

If I read it the way you read it, I’m sad for it.

I’m not sure either of us knows what’s really going on.

Georgie

I wonder if that’s the point?

The struggle to understand, I mean.

Logan

The story we tell ourselves, as you put it?

Maybe.

But I’m still not admitting defeat.

Georgie

I’m okay with that. :)

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On Monday, I sleep on the bus next to Rojas and rouse anytime my phone buzzes in my pocket. As Florida gives way to Georgia, I get more and more excited about the prospect of seeing Georgie and taking her on an actual date.