part fourtyone

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"So, who is going to be your date?", asks my mother once we get back in the car.

         I shrug. "Don't have one." It isn't really a concern for me.

"What about that nice boy? With the hazel eyes?"

"Gabriel. His name is Gabriel."

"Well, what about him?"

        I shrug again. I had never thought of him in that way.

"He makes you feel better.", continues my mother. "You actually talk, you actually smile."

"Well, he's not the one who kept me from Aimee when we needed eachother most, is he?"

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