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I just shook my head, knowing this was him evading the question.
You," I said, "have this whole tall, dark stranger thing going on. Not to mention the tortured artist bit."
Bit?"
You know what I mean."
He shook his head, clearly discounting this description.
And you," he said, "have that whole blonde, cool and collected, perfect smart girl thing going on."
You're the boy all the girls want to rebel with," I said.
You," he replied, "are the unattainable girl in homeroom who never gives a guy the time of day.

Sarah Dessen

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