Eleven O'Clock Number

THE END OF THE BEGINNING

"Hello?"

"Hey, Toby, it's Allison."

"Hey! What's up?"

"I was thinking."

"Oh, no, that's not good. You shouldn't do that."

"Shut up. I was thinking."

"Sorry. You were thinking."

"I was thinking."

"Yeah, I know."

"Toby."

"Sorry. Go ahead. You were thinking."

"How'd you like to go to Gianni's for pizza tomorrow? I heard it's couples' night. We'd even get money off."

"..."

"And I'm willing to be convinced to try the vegetarian supreme."

"..."

"Toby? You there?"

"Yeah."

"So..."

"Oh, yeah. I think I'd like that a lot, actually. And you have no idea how much that vegetarian supreme is going to change your life. You'll wonder why you ever liked pepperoni in the first place. I don't even get the appeal. It's literally so weird."

"Good. I'm going to pretend I didn't hear what you said about pepperoni. I'll pick you up at seven, okay? We can go for a movie afterwards."

"Or maybe a musical?"

 "Don't push it, Martin."

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a/n: well, it's been 122,225 (what a nice number, eh?) words, and now i only have two: thank you. this book has literally been my life for the past six months, and i've grown to love allison, lydia, toby, and everyone else so much it's actually literally painful and also quite embarrassing

but what is seriously amazing is that you have too. so, thank you. your dedication and and your hilarity and your occasional hysterics and your investment in these characters has literally been one of the best things that's ever happened to me.

and lbr i converted all u bitches bet ur ALL musical theatre freaks now aintcha ~~~~~~

so yeah. cheers, guys. it's been a hell of a ride. i will miss allison more than i can ever express.

- mariam