Page 18 of Change My Mind

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Just before I decided to nix the chicken dish altogether and see if turkey might yield a more creative dish, Addie texted.

There is a deal on pizzas

And now I am thinking tonight feels like a good night to have a pizza party

I smiled as her messages kept on coming.

It might be the jet lag talking

Although, probably not

A pizza party is always a good idea

Pizza party?

Yeah. We get pizzas. Currently I’ve been eating pizzas while watching reality dating shows which both gives me hope and makes me despair

Then there are doughnut ice cream sandwiches and we drink bourbon out of mugs

Or any drink really

The key is the drinking it out of a mug

The image was cute. It sounded fun. Carefree in a way I hadn’t been for a long time. A way I hadn’t allowed myself to be in a long time.

Sounds like a fun time. Pizza party it is

Pick one

An image of a shelf stocked with pizzas came through.

And just know that if you say you want the one with pineapple on it I will be making a citizens arrest

I can see that you have one in your basket that has honey on it. Why is pineapple a crime? You clearly agree that sweet and savoury work

My gripe comes from the fact that hot pineapple should be illegal

What about pineapple upside down cake?

Whoever invented that needs to answer for their crime

A laugh bubbled out of me.

You can only eat one pizza for the rest of your life, what are you going for?

My answer to that was Margherita because it was a good base for other flavours, but then a thought struck me.

As is or am I allowed to make additions?

As is

Well, shit.

Pepperoni then

Which is also my pick now

Great. Now I can stop standing opposite pizzas looking lost while smiling down at my phone

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