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Katherine Arden, from Dead Voices

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*But nobody had said anything, and nobody was there. At least there wasn't more dust to collect. All of them will remember this forever. What have you done.

Alternatively: Sorry I'm Late Also I'm getting sick so this is probably trash. __________________________________________ You'd had years left on your timer, a timer that seemed... broken. After having it installed at eighteen, it hadn't ticked. That was ten years ago. You had moved to London not long ago, the wet city with its blazing summers, and the people who would probably roll their eyes if you missed your underground stop. Originally you had planned on moving after you graduated university, but plans had fallen through and you were stuck home for another couple years. But you were here now, and currently running your weekly errands. Just as you were contemplating whether you wanted to pop into Starbucks for a pastry, you heard a couple of girls start freaking out behind you. From what you could tell, one of their timers was running down to just a couple moments and they could see their dream man just down the street. "It's fate, I tell you!" American tourists? You turned your head to glance down the street, eyes landing on two very tall young men. You smiled at the obviously younger girls when you caught their eye, wishing the girl luck before stepping into the shop. "Latte for Y/N?" The barista called out a few moments later, dragging you away from the scene outside. Apparently the two men who had followed you inside were not meant for the girl outside, and she was now smiling at another girl who had run into her. "That's sweet, in'it?" You glanced away, meeting dark brown eyes. You smiled and nodded sadly, glancing at your timer. You nearly dropped your drink on the stranger when you saw your numbers had changed from 40 months and five days to just under half a minute. "You alright, mate?" The man asked, peeking at your wrist. "Aw lookit that, you're almost there!" "My timers been broken though, it shouldn't be moving!" Panic set in as your body swiveled to find your mystery soulmate. This time your coffee did fly, covering the strangers black haired friend. You couldn't forced yourself to apologize, just staring into the bluest eyes you had ever seen. He didn't seem to mind either as your timer started to beep shrilly. "It's finally you." The man breathed out, glancing at his ringing timer. "Thought it was broken rubbish when it didn't count down..." "Yours... didn't work either?" "Heh, guess we just got the short end of the timer stick?" He joked, making you smile. "Yeah."

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so if youve been following me scince before the summer you are well or probably not so well aware of my failed love life. there was this guy who i liked for a while, he asked one off my freinds to prom which i totally saw coming, stopped liking , basically gave up, settled on friends. something will happen in college. well this year started up and i was fine, but then we started tallking a lot in advisory and we have ap govt together and ap english and it's super fun and he lives near me and we used to ride the bus home together but then he learned to drive and i have no incentive so i didnt and he offered me a ride home today which i accepted because i hate the bus. the children are loud obnoxious and annoying and he gets that and im almost positive its massively platonic because lets be honest im me and no one likes me in fact he said that freshman year not to be mean but as a statement of fact and so now im riding home in his 96 jeep cherokee and its odd and why does this have to be back even though i have zero chances and hes literally the only guy ive ever been close friends with and then the other guy i like sort of in a wierd way does a lot of marijuana apparently and im a natalie i cant be around that what if i try it and get messed up i cant do that so theres that and the only reason i sorta like this kid is that hes sort of innapropriate and he can sing too in fact he likes to sing its not like hes in chamber or anything but still he has a noce voice but i dont like this i dont like it one bit. i would like to have a date to my senior prom. i would like to not go alone. as much as i appear to not care, I CARE. and this halfway neighbor of mine who's nice and smart and the only thing is hes a bit of a republican but its fun to debate and i think im back to really liking him but the wierdest thing is that i dont have issues talking to him also i dont flirt so that could be another thing but it would be so strange if i were to start flirting now because i dont do this stuff also i let no one know about my love ish life not in my school. i told one girl who i was friends with but then she went to private school about my old best friend who moved to georgia and then texas and now i guess he's back the i liked or thought i liked because the childhood girl guy frineds always fall in love at the end of the romcoms and then also about the one chance i had to go to a dance with someone i told her that i liked those thwo guys ish or maybe just the first but thats the only time and no one else knows ive stopped my staring or at least really tried but it was nt an issue because of the fact that i decided to settle for platonic or whatever but now it might be back and i sure hope its not like hell just surprise ask me to prom or something I DONT KNOW thats wishful thinking and while sometimes i wish i could talk to my friends about boys or personal private stuff i was raised to not do that so i feel really awkward even talking about shaving how sad is that so i dont tell my freinds stuff and i guess we arent really that close were only frineds because were smart or in the honors and ap classes together