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Bk 2, Ch 37: Nate
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2024-10-29 19:42:56“I’m telling you, Doc, it sucks!” I told Dr. Thorne on our weekly online meeting. “I can’t get over her. I see her every day at school, and I just wish I could be with her.”
“So you’ve told me,” Dr. Thorne said.
“I just wish she would have given us a chance. She just wants to be friends. How the fuck can I be a good friend to her when I am head over heels in love with her?”
“Well,” he started, but I interrupted him.
“I can’t! Not until I’m over her, and I can’t get over her if I’m seeing her everyday!”
“Nate,” Dr. Thorne interr
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