Family dinner - Andy, Ben, Noah, Daria?

Ben so often looked at Andy when she entered a room and said, in a voice that sounded surprised each time, "you're so tall." When he said it he sounded impressed, but it didn't feel impressive to Andy. In the last year she'd gained almost four and a half inches, which had been impossible to miss. She wasn't even the tallest girl in her class and yet someone had once called her Bigfoot and managed to make it stick just enough to drive Andy crazy.

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Freedom is being alone - Ben, Val

"I was glad you called back," Ben told Val after the waitress had taken their order. The restaurant they'd decided on was surprisingly full - Ben usually saw it half empty most nights when he walked past from the university - but the tone of the place was comfortable.

Val lifted her wine glass as she admitted, "I almost didn't. But I have made this habit of cancelling a lot of dates recently, and it feels rotten."

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