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"  Earlier in the week, I realized I hadn&amp;#039;t seen Ashley in what felt like forever, so we made plans to have dinner at our favorite Mexican place. I was in an awesome mood when I walked in, as I&amp;#039;d been working out so much that not only did I have millions of happy endorphins running through my body, but my jeans were no longer so tight they cut off my circulation.  Ashley was already sitting down at a table, a margarita in front of her.  &amp;quot;Look at you, skinny-minny,&amp;quot; she said.  &amp;quot;Ash, it&amp;#039;s amazing. It&amp;#039;s like I can eat whatever I want and my pants keep getting looser.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Is it too late for me to sign up?&amp;quot; she asked.  &amp;quot;No!&amp;quot; I said, getting excited about a potential new recruit. &amp;quot;I think the cut-off date to join is like Dec. 2 or something.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m going to think about it.&amp;quot; She took a sip of her drink. &amp;quot;Those Saturday morning runs are throwing me off a little.&amp;quot;  The waiter came by and we ordered.  &amp;quot;So what have you been up to?&amp;quot; I asked. &amp;quot;I feel like I haven&amp;#039;t seen you in forever.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Work has been really busy,&amp;quot; Ashley said.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s good to be busy,&amp;quot; I said. Justin&amp;#039;s positivity was definitely rubbing off on me.  &amp;quot;Yeah,&amp;quot; Ashley looked down and swallowed. She suddenly seemed really nervous.  &amp;quot;Are you okay?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I have to tell you something,&amp;quot; Ashley said.  &amp;quot;What? You&amp;#039;re freaking me out.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Okay,&amp;quot; she took a deep breath. &amp;quot;Luke and I have been hanging out.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;My high school ex Luke?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Nothing has happened,&amp;quot; Ashley said in a rush. &amp;quot;But\u2026I kind of want it to. I wouldn&amp;#039;t go there if you didn&amp;#039;t give me your blessing first.&amp;quot;  I was stunned into silence for a moment. Finally I asked, &amp;quot;How did this even happen?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;He joined my gym and I ran into him last week. He asked me to grab coffee afterwards, and, yeah.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I mean, it is a little weird,&amp;quot; I said. I still couldn&amp;#039;t figure out how I felt about it. I wasn&amp;#039;t mad, I wasn&amp;#039;t sad, but I just felt\u2026weird about it.  &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s totally weird,&amp;quot; Ashley agreed. &amp;quot;But it seemed like you guys\u2026fizzled...naturally. Which makes it a little less weird?&amp;quot;  I thought for a second. &amp;quot;Yeah, I guess a little.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;And I mean I&amp;#039;ve never had a boyfriend before so throw your girl a bone?&amp;quot; she grinned at me. I threw a tortilla chip at her.  &amp;quot;Sure,&amp;quot; I said. &amp;quot;Why not? We share clothes, why not this too?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Don&amp;#039;t say it like that,&amp;quot; Ashley said. &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t want to just hook up with him, I like him. I need you to be okay with that\u2014it&amp;#039;s harder to be okay with that.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I am as much as I can be,&amp;quot; I said. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m into this guy I met through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, anyway.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Wait,&amp;quot; Ashley said. &amp;quot;These runs are through the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Yeah, why?&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;Isn&amp;#039;t that the organization Elizabeth&amp;#039;s father is involved with?&amp;quot;  I smacked my hand against my forehead. &amp;quot;Mother! You&amp;#039;re right. How did I not catch that?&amp;quot;   &amp;quot;Whatever,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s not like she&amp;#039;s down in the trenches, actually running and raising money with the little people. She&amp;#039;s just going to the fancy galas.&amp;quot;  &amp;quot;I guess you&amp;#039;re right,&amp;quot; I said, though I wasn&amp;#039;t totally convinced this wouldn&amp;#039;t end in a catastrophic disaster.  &amp;quot;Well, all that aside, you promise you&amp;#039;re okay with this?&amp;quot; Ashley nervously ripped her napkin into small pieces.  &amp;quot;I am,&amp;quot; I nodded. &amp;quot;I want you to be happy, and I want Luke to be happy\u2026so, why not?&amp;quot;  Ashley clinked her margarita glass against mine. &amp;quot;You da best.&amp;quot;  So, wow. Lots of information to process! Have you ever had a friend date one of your exes before? And what do you think my chances are of running into Elizabeth at an LLS event? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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