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“I'm glad you invited me for dinner, I . . . uh, I guess I'm confused by . . . what kind of dinner this is? I mean. . . .” He trailed off nervously.
Oh.
She then spotted tentative hope in his eyes.
Oh. . . .
Bahahahhaaa, omg, I'm dying! That's an AMAZING set-up!

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“Um. . . . Look,” she said haltingly, knowing she had to come clean now. “I, uh, overheard you and Jimmy talking.”
rotflol Oh, mercy - talk about not checking the water level.

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Why was this even important to her?
She didn't know, but it was.
I feel for her! This is such a great way to express her inherent need for him to think well of her without knowing why it's so important that the guy she loves love her back. This really gets me!

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Clark smiled, once again accepting her mood swings with grace. “Okay.”
If I didn't love Clark before, this line would have done it. This is articulated so well!

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And threw the water onto the flaming oil.
OMG, no! shock

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She wasn’t the only one breathing heavily.
Had this been scary for Superman too?
Awwww.

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The arms around her had . . . normal sleeves.
Just full on gasp. I can't believe you did that! What a totally amazing reveal. And I loooove that it's because he was worried!

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He took her silence as insistence to continue.
lol On a normal day, this is so the right move!

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And the fact he had wanted to tell her counted for something.
YES. YES. YES. notworthy

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Super takeout?
Laughing. OUT. LOUD.

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He then whispered in joyful relief, “Me.”
AAAAAwwwwwwwwwwww. love This really feels palpable.

That was SO fun and SO sweet and SO perfectly them!! clap


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