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do we know who else got it?

12:46 PM

Samira Lee

Nah. Everyone else is being pretty hush. Annaliese and I just go way back from our fanfic days.

12:47 PM

Elle Carter

I’m sure we’ll know soon enough.

12:49 PM

I stand up from my desk chair and fall backward onto my bed. I can’t tell my friends I got the panel without Nash finding out. Which means this is real. BookCon is happening.

Nash is going to find out I’m me. It’s stupid to delay the inevitable, right?

What will he think? How will he feel?

He thinks he loves Kels.

Idefinitelylike him.

He doesn’thateme.

I tap back into my messages with Nash. All questions of love aside, I’m justsotired of lying to him. But it’s not like I can tell him the truth via a DM.

My phone buzzes. Three new messages.

I lock the screen and place it facedown on my night table, leaving all messages unanswered. I don’t want to lie anymore. Every single time Kels texts Nash, it’s a lie. I won’t tell him about the panel from behind a screen, where I’m going to have to match his enthusiasm about meeting and pretend like we haven’t already. I can’t do that.

Until Kels can be honest with Nash, it’s probably better she doesn’t say anything at all.

Nash to Kels, a week in December

Sat, Dec 14, 1:14 PM

Rumor has it Celeste Pham also got a panel spot. So I guess maybe we shouldn’t feel so bad that we’re not BookCon adequate.

Also, I have more REX. Whenever you’re ready for it.

2:31 PM

I’m going to assume you are intensely studying for midterms. Which is probably what I should be doing tbh …

8:34 PM

Sun, Dec 15, 11:31 AM

link: If Alanna LaForest is against F&Y, So Am I.

lol so now it’s actually pro-alanna to NOT see the movie? This is becoming more and more absurd …

I’ll be working on my portfolio (read: questioning everything) all day. Have you finished your application yet?

Mon, Dec 16, 3:37 PM

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