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I thought spending time with Zack would be a living hell, or awkward as hell but here I was having dinner with him, enjoying the sunset, and talking with him—scratch that we were playing the twenty question game to know each other well. It wasn't my idea, of course, but it was better than the dead-ass silence.
We drifted into an entirely different conversation after he made a serious confusion.
"Pineapples don't belong on pizza," I argued as I stuffed my mouth with the mouthwatering extra cheesy burger—Zack gave me a dead serious look, and I lowered the burger, eyeing him with disgust as I chewed on my food.
He was serious about the pineapples on pizza.
"You could always give it a try," he needled, stretching a slice of his untouched pizza, and I eyed it with terror as if he was offering me a dead rat.
A deep chuckle roared from his ch
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