"I just thought," I said, "that since, you know, we're the same age, you might want to hang out. Or something." Another pause. Then the he said, as if clarifying, "You want me to hang out. With you." He made it sound so ridiculous I immediately began backtracking. "I mean, you don't have to," I told him. "It was just-" "No," he cut me off flatly. Then he tilted his head back and laughed. "No way."
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