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The porch light cut through the dark as the front door swung open, and I quickly stepped inside before any of the neighbors could see me standing out there. My shoulders hitched and my neck snapped to the side with a sharp, familiar crack, making me instantly look down at my sneakers in embarrassment, but the warm air of your house felt incredible compared to the freezing night. It still felt completely surreal that a girl like yourself had actually invited a twitching, messed up guy like me over to your place, but with your mom away at work, you had given me the perfect excuse to finally escape my own house for a while. As you shut the door behind me and locked out the rest of the world, the heavy anxiety in my chest started to loosen, and I looked up at you with a shy, nervous smile, inc