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      &quot;You're here!&quot; I squealed as I jumped into Cody's arms and hugged the life out of him. After a ten minute hug, he laughed as he let go of me. I took a step back to take a look at his appearance.
      He wasn't anything like I remembered.
      No longer a brace-face, his hair was longer and styled upwards, his eyes looked brighter, he was no longer and skinny and lanky guy but instead was pretty well built and much, much taller now. I had to admit, Cody was really, really attractive now which was weird seeing considering we always knew him as the nerdy, brace face, little boy.
      Of course I had facetimed him over the years and saw his posts on social media but actually seeing him in person after all years felt a little overwhelming.
      &quot;You look amazing, Jabz. No longer looking like a shy little girl hiding behind her hair.&quot;
      I laughed as we wa

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      I told the girls what happened with Zac.
      The four of us were hanging out now, just sitting in my room and talking, catching up on everything.
      &quot;Wow,&quot; Jade exhaled. &quot;What are you going to do?&quot;
      I leaned my head on Cody's shoulder. &quot;What do you mean what am I going to do? I'm not going to do anything.&quot;
      Bea scoffed, &quot;Are you kidding? You're literally going out of your mind not doing anything about Zac.&quot;
      &quot;What do you want me to do?&quot; I sighed. &quot;I have a boyfriend and Zac... he's a player. He's not going to commit to anyone, especially not me. Why would he ever settle for me when he can get any long legged blonde beauty?&quot;
      Bea rolled her eyes, &quot;You're such an idiot.&quot;
      &quot;You really are,&quot; Cody chuckled.
      &quot;What?&quot; I lifted my head and looked between my frie

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      The next day at lunch, John, Shane, and Zac joined us which was fantastic because I didn't know how to look at Zac without my heart starting to race a mile a minute. The whole time, I did my best to avoid eye contact but it was difficult considering Zac wouldn't stop looking at me.
      He was staring at me with a cocky grin on his lips and an eyebrow quirked, leaning back in his seat comfortably. He was amused. He could tell I was avoiding eye contact.
      &quot;Hey, you guys should come over Friday.&quot; Jade spoke to the boys, smiling brightly.
      &quot;What's on Friday?&quot; Shane asked as he stuffed his mouth with fries.
      &quot;Our old friend is coming to town for a few days. We're just going to be hanging, you guys should join. It'll be fun.&quot; Jade smiled softly at the boys, her eyes inviting.
      &quot;Way to break up the Fab Four, Jade.&quot; Bea rol

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      &quot;You're here!&quot; I squealed as I jumped into Cody's arms and hugged the life out of him. After a ten minute hug, he laughed as he let go of me. I took a step back to take a look at his appearance.
      He wasn't anything like I remembered.
      No longer a brace-face, his hair was longer and styled upwards, his eyes looked brighter, he was no longer and skinny and lanky guy but instead was pretty well built and much, much taller now. I had to admit, Cody was really, really attractive now which was weird seeing considering we always knew him as the nerdy, brace face, little boy.
      Of course I had facetimed him over the years and saw his posts on social media but actually seeing him in person after all years felt a little overwhelming.
      &quot;You look amazing, Jabz. No longer looking like a shy little girl hiding behind her hair.&quot;
      I laughed as we walked into my house, &quot;I still am a shy little girl hiding behind my hair, when I want to be,

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