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Elena did not look convinced, "You really think that?" she asked, "Because I feel very confused about what to do with him. My feelings are all over the place… My head tells me to do the safe thing and stay away from him…. But I feel like my body and heart says something else. I'd be very stupid to ignore what my head says, right?"

"Maybe. You'll never know… But if you don't try, you'll spend a lot of time wondering what could have been and in my opinion, that could be very annoying,"

"My sister doesn’t like him very much,"

Beth shrugged, "That's her business." She leaned closer, "But between the both of us, I don’t think Emily hates him as much as she'd like everyone to believe, but don't tell her I told you that because… you know your sister… And I like my head glued to my body,"

It was Elena's turn to laugh now, but there was sadness in her eyes again after a few seconds, "I feel like I've been avoiding talking to her about him. I miss talking to Emily about things like this,"

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