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When I opened my eyes, it was no longer morning and my body remembered little of the long hours I had spent awake.

I got up and went to the bathroom. The smell of cigarettes in my hair and on my skin was strong and the first thing I did was take a long shower to get the smell of my choices out of me.

Keeping my hair on a towel, I pulled on a comfortable two-piece sweatshirt and headed to the kitchen where I prepared another slice of bread, this time with butter and hagelslag falling over the edges.

I spent the rest of the day watching the whole two seasons of Fleabag again, as if it were a long movie. After about 6 hours I emerged from the television, I was feeling lighter and got up from the couch in search of my phone, which was still charging by the bed.

I ate a banana while walking around the apartment and turned on the device. There was one missed call from my mother, several messages on WhatsApp and others on Instagram. I started the activities by returning my mother's call.

WhatsApp was chaotic, several groups and individual conversations showed that I would spend a lot of time to update myself on what was going on, but I decided to check the conversation with Lotte first.

Lotte

Lotte
Did you arrive well, my love?
I'm already home, rest well!
4:26

Lotte
Woke up yet, bi-atch?
Let's do something fun today?
13:37

Lotte
Roos, get out of that cave.
I know you're not
looking at your cell phone, so you're not
following the conversation in the group chat.
We will drink at Evi's
tonight, you should make an appearance.
15:52

Lotte
OOOOOh my handsome devil,
where are you?
18:11

Roos
Wow, wait.
I woke up it was after two o'clock
and I just finished watching
every Fleabag episode there is.
18:40

Lotte
AGAIN? OMG, baby.
Have you seen all my messages?
Shall we drink at Evi?
18:42

Roos
I don't intend to leave the house
this weekend... So, no.
18:42

Lotte
Why, do you have to watch
Fleabag again, huh?
18:42

Roos
Teasing me like that
won't motivate me.
18:43

Lotte
I know, you want to be seduced...
But come on, you already spent the day
alone and you can spend tomorrow too,
I promise not to disturb you if you go today.
18:44

Roos
Who's going?
18:44

Lotte
Read the conversation in the group
if you want details, but it's the
same people as always.
We'll be there at 20:00.
18:47

Roos
Alright, maybe I'll see you there.
18:50


I put my phone down and got a little annoyed as I got up off the couch again. I contemplated staying at home watching Netflix on the couch or having fun with my friends. It may doesn't seem like that, but it was a difficult choice to make.

Frustrated with the knowledge that I would give in to social pressure, I went back to the kitchen and put a frozen pizza in the oven after putting its original weight in the form of cheese on it.

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