Before: Chapter 2

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  • Dedicated to John Green
                                    

"Class, introduce yourself to your deskmate, that's your task for the rest of homeroom."

"Hey!" you grinned at me. "What's your name?"

"Angie," I had my nose buried in a book, it was Let It Snow.

It was the first day of term, I had been sat next to you. You leaned over, "Oh hey! The girl's your namesake!"

I smiled, but I kept reading. You snatched it out of my hands. "So. Are you even going to ask me the question?"

"What? Is it whether you have herpes?" 

"Very funny. No. It's Tyler," And you stuck your hand out.

I shook it. "Angie, Angie Cath Waters," And you replied with,"Tyler, Tyler Green,"

I thought you were interesting. And you proved to be.

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