After all we had been dating for three and a half months and I had been over to her house for dinner quite a few times. Although the walk from Sarah's house to mine took only about ten minutes, it felt like it had taken an eternity to get home. ... I took her by her hand, our fingers intertwined, and slowly walked her down the stairs, deterring her departure. ... I really wasn't concerned about how I looked, so I grabbed my house keys and my warm cozy sweater and trudged my way four blocks over to Mike's house. When I arrived, the house was cramped with people, many of whom I...

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