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Between the 4th and 5th Dimensions (Just Beyond Time)
"You go right, I go left," Alice said. LJ and she have been doing a dance trying to get into opposite sides of the room and it was becoming awkward.
"Your right or my right?" LJ asked, a smile on his lips. Alice wanted to slap it off his face.
She huffed in frustration, "Never mind." She sidestepped him again but LJ grabbed her shoulders, planting her right in front of him.
"Did I say I'm sorry?" LJ said seriously, "I know you weren't happy about me and Haneul asking Veronica to create projections of us without consulting you first."
Alice looked at him as if he were insane, "Seriously? That was days ago. I'm long over it. Did you really think that was the reason why I'm mad at you? I'm not that petty."
"No, I know why you're mad at me." LJ said quietly, "It's the same reason why we can't be any closer than we are supposed to be for centuries. Victo
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