[ 'I think you're fascinating and you need a friend and I admire all of your skills and being around you makes my stomach feel weird' would sound even more stupid out loud than it does in her head, so Sonia tries a different track. ]
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I told you. We share a special connection, do we not? As future classmates...
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I told you. We share a special connection, do we not? As future classmates...
I want... to be your friend.