❝Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.❞ -Henry James

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"H-hello. Uh... Tinkerbell... are you there?"

"Is this the Fine Apple Market?"

"Uh, it's Aria--I just want to apologize for being a self-absorbed jerk and I hope you can forgive me. That's all."

"Oh! Also... I'm not seeing Kale anymore. I'm sorry you had to... never mind. He decided to break things off out of respect for me, so you... you don't have to beat him up or anything."

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"Tinkerbell? Can you hear me?"

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"Listen, if you don't want to talk that's fine, but just please understand, I'm sorry. Really really sorry. I'm so sorry for burdening you constantly with all my problems and never stopping once to even consider how you were doing."

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"Okay--I guess--if you really don't want to talk... I can just--"

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