“And how was your first day with Mr. Hot Boss?” “Mr. Grumpy Boss is more accurate, and might I remind you that I literally just broke up with my boyfriend? I’m not looking for another one.” “You had like five percent feelings for Dale.” “More like three or four percent.” In middle school, Val developed her own system for crushes in percents, arbitrarily assigning them as she saw fit. One hundred percent feelings would be love. Only Lindy has gotten there so far. Val and I have stayed pretty low on the percent scale, unless we’re counting the feelings she never wants to talk about regarding
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