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She'd been dreading this talk for the days since Eric had texted her the time and place. Part of her wondered why they couldn't have just talked right then and there, but whatever. He was busy. He seemed to be busy a lot; probably with football and making friends. Like she should have been. But she'd been holding onto this vain hope that she'd wake up or find a way back home and she could forget all the awfulness that had happened to her here. So not a lot of friends. Just Arianell and Bel and Jae. Good people, to be sure.
But Jasmine still felt like she was lagging behind. Like she was hanging onto frayed threads of what she'd had before.
And now here she was, doing something that she was pretty sure would push one of the strongest threads she still had away. She loved Eric. She was attracted to him, she knew that much. But she had also been having thoughts that she was only very slowly starting to consider maybe weren't as unnatural or bad as she had been taught. And how could it be bad, to have her heart flutter every time Arianell walked in the room or smiled at her?
Jasmine checked her watch again, looking at the time. Waiting for Eric in the meeting spot they'd decided upon. Would he be mad that she'd spent her birthday alone, away from him? She hoped not, but she had a feeling that that would be the least of her worries.
But Jasmine still felt like she was lagging behind. Like she was hanging onto frayed threads of what she'd had before.
And now here she was, doing something that she was pretty sure would push one of the strongest threads she still had away. She loved Eric. She was attracted to him, she knew that much. But she had also been having thoughts that she was only very slowly starting to consider maybe weren't as unnatural or bad as she had been taught. And how could it be bad, to have her heart flutter every time Arianell walked in the room or smiled at her?
Jasmine checked her watch again, looking at the time. Waiting for Eric in the meeting spot they'd decided upon. Would he be mad that she'd spent her birthday alone, away from him? She hoped not, but she had a feeling that that would be the least of her worries.