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by this time, the smell of the food is coming from the kitchen and all the way into the living room. i hop up, telling barb i need to go check on dinner. it's ready and i get it plated. i give barbara a ton , most of what i made. and me, a 5 year old sized portion , really. i get a cup of ice cold water , to sip in between bites. now that barbara will be here, as selfish as it is, it's given me more motivation to restrict even more. i give barbara coca cola. we sit down in my living room , nothing fancy, and watch a movie. "hey, on the bright side. " i say. "now we can help each other lesson plan AND do anything we want together , even more then if we didn't live together . " barbara smiles , and puts her hand in my hand. i tense from her touch at first, but then relax into it.
we've finished dinner , and i go wash the dishes for barbara, who feels bad that she's not doing them but i tell her that she deserves a break, and it's really nothing. i can't believe that guy treated her like shit so much, she feels bad for not washing 2 stupid dishes and forks .
i'm going to treat barbara so much better while she's here. i hope she doesn't decide to go back to him .

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