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We were walking home side by side. Our arms sometimes touching ever so slightly. As we walk, my mind drifts to our match earlier. I had left the house without bothering to wake him, although I kept wondering when he would finally get up. When he met up with us at the 5, I knew he had arrived before I even saw him. I don’t know how, but I could feel him there. When we reached the mats, coach had pulled me aside and said I would be sparing with Jeremy. I put up a front, but deep down, like way deep down, my heart leapt knowing we would be so close to each other. I decided to stretch while I waited, in hopes of calming these butterflies, that were more like raging wasps, in the pit of my stomach. He stood in front of me and I felt my heart pounding as I looked up to him. I to
