Happiest Birthday, lovely.
MWAH!
A Surprise Connection
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"So, hi," she says. I don't even bother looking up from my laptop. I shove my glasses along the bridge of my nose and leer at the screen, waiting for her to go away.
She doesn't. I can see her fingertips gripping the side of my library table. I drag my eyes from the lab write up I’m in the middle of and glance at her.