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The diner smelled like leather; like the padding of a baseball glove, and the stench that oozed from a softball bag. Dirt and sweat, and the skin of cow: that’s what the eating establishment stunk of, and Belle, although a person who tolerated most things, did in fact tolerate this. What was really making her anxious was not the way the place smelled, or the fact that the cushion to her seat practically swallowed her butt, but rather that her so called “boyfriend” hadn’t quite shown up yet. He was just a little late. An hour late, but he’d come. Right? Right? Belle gently put her glass down on the table, straw slipping like oil from her lips, and the cup created an echo around the diner, bouncing off the walls in a quite embarrassing manner.

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