{ Theodore }
I promised myself that I wasn't going to think about Nukea at all tonight, but I haven't managed to stop thinking about her for a second.
I never expected my aunt to suddenly show up at my house and force Nukea to have tea with her. If it wasn't for this date with Isabella, I would have stayed to help her, but I couldn't cancel.
I said I was going to be fair to both girls, so I'm going to give the same amount of time to both.
"I feel like there's always something on your mind lately," Isabella murmurs as I drive to her house after dinner, "You're not the same."
I close my eyes for just a second and take a deep breath. Even after pretending to be normal all night, Isabella can tell that things aren't the same as before.
This is starting to become exhausting.
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