Do You Really Have To Go?

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*phone rings* "I got it, Marco," I say as I kissed his cheek. I answer the phone.
"Hello."
Pause.
"Hi, Mom."
Pause
"Oh."
Pause
"Bye."
I hung up as tears filled my eyes.

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Star and Marco have been dating for six years now; they're inseparable. They are twenty now, and Star patiently awaits a proposal, as Marco waits for the perfect moment. He might get what he wished for, just not how he expected.... or the answer he was looking forward to from someone very important to Star...