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Lyric exhales

beginning to pace.

I move closer to her

hoping she’ll remember

to breathe.

My mind is trying to catch up

with everything happening.

Lyric—

I try, grabbing her elbow softly.

I just need a minute,

she says, pulling away.

Sorry. I just overheard Jamison

talking shit about me and

I know I’m not perfect.

But he doesn’t need to drag our stuff

into thisyou know?

Lyric gestures between

the two of us then.

Our… friendship?

I try.

Yeah, that and our deal—

Lyric continues.

I mean he knows this isn’t just

about followers or clicks.

He knows I have to work for

everything I have.

I don’t ghost people

or quit.

I just don’t always have capacity

for it all.