Gravity

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*ding dong*

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"Um, hi."

"Hello."

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"Yeah, so I bought you these ones from the store, and I got them in small size because I thought that'd work."

"... Small size?"

"Um, yeah."

"Do you mean Super?"

"Super? The s..."

"Yeah, the s stands for super."

"Oh shit... It had an S on it, so I thought it meant small..."

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"Thank you."

"No problem."

"You shouldn't have."

"Well. A guys gotta do what he's gotta do."

"Didn't the cashier look at you weird?"

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"He laughed at us for a pretty long time."

"Really?"

"His co worker had to take over, but she gave me a high five."

"Oh. Oh wow."

"Haha, um, yeah."

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"Oh! And I also got you this? Because I know you really like Nutella so, I, er... And I also got you some... pineapple flavoured gum? Yeah."

"Oh, Cooper. You didn't have to do this."

"I wanted to, it's okay."

"I feel so horrible for making you run around like this."

"It's fine. It's really no problem at all."

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"How's Jackson?"

"He's.. he's good. Yeah. How's Pom?"

"She's fine. Still at home."

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"So I'll see you around?"

"Yep."

"Um, if you don't... mind me asking, are you ..."

"I'm gonna stay here for the whole summer."

"Great. Great, I... I'll see you soon."

"Take care."

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"Listen, I'm just gonna say it."

"What?"

"Hazel, I miss you. I miss you and your wacky comments and love for Nutella."

"I-"

"I also miss hanging out with you all the time and hugging you and tickling you and... Kissing you and making you feel safer when you sleep and just sitting next to you, I miss that too."

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"But you know what I miss the most about you?"

"... What is it?"

"I fucking miss how you called me Coop Diddy and insisted that it was cute, even though it was far from. Like Hazel, I came up with creative nicknames for you and Coop Diddy was the only thing you could think of, and it stuck to me like glue just because I missed you and - and your tiny little butt too."

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"Oh."

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"I just really needed to get that out of my system."

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"You've probably moved on from me, Hazel. I bet boys were lining up to go out with you here."

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"I... Guess I'll be going. See you around?"

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"Wait, Cooper?"

"Yeah?"

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"I - it's - Thanks. For the tampons and the uh, food."

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"You're welcome. I... Yeah."

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"And .. Is my butt really tiny?"

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"It's actually not that tiny..."

"I thought so! You know, this morning I was looking in the mirror and it was just like... There! This huge piece of fat, and like, maybe I should tone it out before I become famous for it."

"You kinda already are."

"You're kidding."

"Nope, um, my roomate was... Talking... About... Your ass."

"No way. When?!"

"Like in January."

"Shiiit."

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"So, there's a gym here so maybe I should go..."

"Maybe."

"But I probably won't have a gym partner. Molly would laugh at me."

"I use the gym."

"The one on campus or the one off?"

"Both."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I do."

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"You know what I just decided, Cooper?"

"What did you decide, Hazel?"

"We should use the gym together."

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"That'd be nice."

"It's a date. Call me next week."

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"Next week?"

"Call me tonight."

"You sure?"

"Pretty sure, but call me before... nine, because I have a series to watch and nutella to now eat along with that and if you call me too late then I'll probably think I look really bad today and that wouldn't be good because I'm highly hormonal right about now and - I'm babbling right now, aren't I?"

"Just a tad."

"Well, you know what? Call me whenever. Heck, call me at nine, I'll probably stop my show for you."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Oh, wow, okay."

"Thanks for the Nutella... and tampons. And pineapple gum."

"I know how much you like pineapples."

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"That's so inappropriate."

"I had to say it."

"Whatever, Coop Diddy."

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"See you around, Haze."

"Uh huh."