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Oh for God's sake,' Heather said, 'I wish you two would just go out, fail miserably as a couple, and get it over with.

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Sarah Dessen
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: June 6
Novelist
Writer
Evanston
Illinois
Sake
Failing
Couple
Wish
Two
Heather
Would
Heathers
Miserably
Fail

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