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13-Meeting Luke
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Should I tell her?
"Ava!!!" I heard Helena yell, startling me as the phone slipped out of my hand but I was quick enough to catch it.
"Ye-ye-yes," I stuttered, raising my head to look at her. She was looking at me with so much concern.
"I've called you so many times, what were you thinking? "
"Nothing really," I said, looking around at anything but her.
"Wow, you look beautiful in that," I said, trying to change the subject.
"Of course, I look beautiful in anything especially when you're not here," she said, rolling her eyes
"Are you OK?, you look lost, besides I'm not even putting on a wedding dress,"
I immediately looked at her and noticed that she really wasn't putting on a wedding dress.
"I'm fine, what I actually meant was that you'
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