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Two Weeks, Wrong City
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Mara stood up. "You take the night train. I'll take the bus. We're being silly." Theo grabbed his bag. But at the platform gate, he turned back. "Wait. Give me one reason to stay." Mara thought for a second, then said, "Because I'd miss you, and I just met you." That was reason enough.
They spent the next two weeks as if the clock had stopped. When the trains finally ran again, Theo walked Mara to her platform. "This was supposed to be a delay," she said. "It was the opposite," he answered. They traded numbers, promised to visit, and actually kept that promise. Six months later, they shared an address.
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