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And just like that, Tiffany and Dustin were
back on.
Except now they fought all the time.
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And occasionally, other people got dragged
- in.
Like me!
After Dustin started paying me all this
attention, I realized he was doing it to make
Tiffany jealous.
He was pretending to be interested in me,
bringing me drinks, holding my umbrella, all to
get a rise out of her.
And it worked, Tiffany started giving me
trouble.
I didn’t want anything to do with their drama.
So I got them both together and said, straight
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Your drama ic
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up, “I’m not interested in him. Your drama is
your problem, leave me out of it.”
Dustin had some pride left.
We’d grown up together, lived in the same
building, and after that day, he never
bothered me again.
He and Tiffany made up.
I went back to my usual routine, going to
class, leaving class.
Whenever I had time, I went to kickboxing.
My skills were getting better, for sure.
I didn’t get winded running half a mile
anymore.
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Tiffany and Dustin kept fighting, kept making
- up.
Every time I thought Tiffany was going to
dump him, something would happen to pull
them back together.