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"Emily, did you even hear a single word I said?" Sophie asked. Emily nodded slowly, trying to piece together the few words she heard to figure out what Sophie was going on about this time.

She should have been listening as she always does but if she was being honest, she couldn't give two shits about Sophie and whatever she had going on right now. She was in the middle of her own heavily conflicting realisations.

"What are you thinking of that's so important?" Sophie asked, flailing her hands in annoyance.

Emily blankly stared back, feeling like she couldn't fake it any more. "Does everything always have to be about you?"

Sophie scoffed, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "Well, I am the main character in my life."

"You know, once upon a time I actually had my own problems to think about. And thanks, for ever asking how I am doing."

"But this is Lle we're talking about. You have to help me ask him out on a date."