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est 07.25.16

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♡ reggie . 

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“ lucky for you, I am an ace at biology. well. I’m an ace at most things. ”  reggie didn’t miss much, and he definitely hadn’t missed betty’s little put-down of herself. it was enough to make him frown, but it went uncommented on; wasn’t his place to step in and give betty a pep talk about her own formidible softball skills. they’d never had that kind of “friendship”. he tried not to grimace when betty started rambling about not knowing what classes he was taking, or what his major was, and had to swallow back the instinctive anger that had dogged him since high school. why would she know? none of the scoobies had ever given a shit about him before. “ I’m a film studies major — taking literature and cinema this semester, a couple other classes you don’t actually care about. ”  suddenly, eating lunch with betty seemed like an unappealing option, and he hesitated before he could sit down.  “ I should probably take off. study or something. ”

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              She could feel the shift in his demeanor, like a sudden chill in the air and considered the seat opposite for a moment. The two spoons seemed to burn red-hot in her eyesight. Betty couldn’t put her finger on what exactly had gone wrong in the last few seconds, but the idea of not fixing it, of letting Reggie walk away when… there was a real opportunity at FRIENDSHIP here… it just wasn’t right. She reached for his hand and caught his wrist. “ Don’t go. I mean –- I do care. ” She could feel his pulse through his skin and it was so intimate of a realization, she was forced to let go. “ If you have to study… I get it. But I want you to stay… at least for the mac and cheese. ” 

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