T 5749

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She woke up and cuddled up next to him, and said, You make me sing. He needed a coffee in the most miserable way. He knew she enjoyed opera.

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T 5748

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She brought him home to meet her family and they behaved with a studied eccentric flair and she apologized, and he said, My family’s sadder.

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T 5747

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She tapped him on the back, and he turned, and saw her and felt like throwing up. I didn’t know you liked baseball, he said. And she didn’t.

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T 5746

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He cleared his throat. They went quiet. He hesitated. I feel underappreciated, he said. So there’s a baseline? his daughter asked sincerely.

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T 5745

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He locked himself in the bathroom and yelled, Tell her to go home. He felt ill, actually. He was suffering the tyranny of first impressions.

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T 5744

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

It was late, and he had smartly managed to end up in front of his house. I live here, he told her. And now she knew why he smelled so funny.

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T 5743

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

They strolled along the boardwalk arm in arm and stopped at a jewelry shop and he looked at the prices and said, I don’t love you that much.

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T 5742

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

They went for ice cream. He said, I don’t want you to analyze everything, and he ordered a soft double vanilla and she had to roll her eyes.

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T 5741

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

She felt the ground shake. Was that an earthquake? she asked. He hadn’t felt anything and didn’t respond. Ten years later, she said, You bum.

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T 5740

By Arjun Basu | Published: August 11, 2012

He ran and kept running, and she got in a car and said, I’m here for you, and then she said, Why run? and he said, I don’t know how to stop.

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