𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚜. 𝙷𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎.

''𝙷𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕. 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚍?'' 𝚂𝚝𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎, 𝚜𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚔𝚒𝚝𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚗.

''𝙹𝚎𝚜𝚞𝚜, 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎! 𝙳𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚍𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝! 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐.''

''𝙰𝚗𝚍 𝚠𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝?''

''𝙸 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚛𝚛𝚘𝚠 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚗𝚎𝚎𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎.''

''𝙻𝚎𝚖𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚞𝚎𝚜𝚜? 𝚃𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝙷𝚘𝚜𝚙𝚒𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚐𝚎?''

''𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚑, 𝚜𝚘.''

''𝙾𝚑 𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚕, 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚍𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 I'𝚖 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎.'' 𝙷𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚎𝚍 𝚒𝚗 𝚏𝚛𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗.

''𝚂𝚑𝚎'𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚎 𝚐𝚒𝚛𝚕 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎. 𝙳𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚐𝚎 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚞𝚗𝚝𝚒𝚕 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛.'' 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚎 𝚕𝚎𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚊 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚕𝚊𝚞𝚐𝚑.

''𝙷𝚊! 𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚋𝚊𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚏!''

''𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚐𝚘𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙 𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚛 𝚗𝚘𝚝?''

''𝙾𝚑 𝚜𝚞𝚛𝚎 I 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕o𝚟𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚙! 𝚆𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚝𝚘 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠?''

''𝙴𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐. 𝙸𝚟𝚎 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚍𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚎.''

''𝚆𝚎𝚕𝚕, 𝚏𝚒𝚛𝚜𝚝, 𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚍 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚠𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚕𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚘𝚗 𝚢𝚘𝚞. As if you're not handsome already.'' 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚠𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚎𝚍𝚛𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚒𝚗𝚝𝚘 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚝.

''𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚒𝚜 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝! 𝚆𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜.'' 𝚂𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍, 𝚐𝚎𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊 𝚋𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚜𝚞𝚒𝚝 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚌𝚕𝚘𝚜𝚎𝚝.

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