Sarah Dessen - "You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don

"You ready to play?" Dave asked, bouncing it. "I don't know," I said. "Are you going to cheat?" "It's street ball!" He said checking it to me. "Show me that love." So chessy, i thought. But as i felt it, solid against my hands, i did feel something. I wasn't sure it was love. Maybe what remained of it, though, whatever that might be. "All right," I said. "Let's play."

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Dessen, Sarah. What Happened to Goodbye. Viking, 2011.

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