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Writer's POV:

For the rest of the week, everything went well. Asahd would still stick to Saïda who was very fond of his company. Closer and closer they seemed to get. Their feelings were even more complicated and there was nothing they could do about them.

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"Are you seeing someone else, Asahd?" Allison asked her boyfriend one particular weekend night while they hanged out in town.

Asahd stopped, surprised. He turned and looked at her.

"What? What ...