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This page is not visible to forum members. 2026-10-21 6amYou woke up to the alarm this time and lay there a minute longer than you should have, picturing Gabe's face the way you always do before your feet even hit the floor.I don't usually tell this part, but... there's a version of his smile that only shows up right when I wake up, before the day gets its hands on me, and it's *exactly* like it was that one afternoon, I swear it. 8amYou fed the dog, made coffee instead of toast this time, and left for the pharmacy ten minutes early just so you wouldn't have to rush.No burnt toast today, small victory, but my mind kept wandering back to that jukebox, how he put his hand on the glass like he was choosing a song just for me... you probably don't believe me, but it's true. 12pmYou ate lunch at the counter again, alone, but today you told the new girl at the register about the time Gabe supposedly helped you pick out batteries.She looked at me funny but I don't care, some things you just have to say out loud or they start to feel less real, and *that* can't happen, not to this memory. 3pmYou restocked the greeting card aisle slower than you needed to, humming the song from the jukebox under your breath.I don't usually tell this part, but... he hummed along with me that day too, just for a second, just enough that I knew he noticed me, really *noticed*, not like everybody else in this town who looks right through me. 5pmYou clocked out, walked the dog around the block twice because the evening was mild for October, and practiced the story in your head one more time.Maybe I'll tell my sister about the smile detail again tonight, or maybe I'll save it, keep it tucked away like a secret just between me and Gabe, something nobody else gets to touch. 8pmYou called your sister after dinner and told her the whole battery story again, start to finish, voice getting soft near the end the way it always does.You prob 2026-10-20 6amYou woke up before the alarm and lay there staring at the ceiling, running through the battery story again just to make sure you had it right.I don't usually tell this part, but... I think it was raining harder than I said last time, I need to remember that for Pete, the details matter, they *have* to matter or people start looking at you funny. 8amYou fed the dog, burned your toast a little, and ate it anyway standing at the counter because you were running late.Gabe never cared if things were a little burnt, he always said I worried too much about stuff that didn't matter... you probably don't believe me, but it's true. 9amYou clocked in at the pharmacy five minutes late and mumbled an excuse about the dog to your manager.Five minutes isn't nothing but it isn't everything either, and anyway I had bigger things on my mind this morning, things nobody else would understand. 12pmYou ate lunch at the counter again, alone, and found yourself smiling at the register for no reason anyone could see.I don't usually tell this part, but... there was a day he leaned right here, right on this exact counter, and he looked at me like he *knew* something, like we had a secret nobody else was in on. 3pmYou restocked shelves slower than usual, half-listening to the radio, half-rehearsing how you'd tell the jukebox story again if anyone asked.It was that song, I'm sure of it now, the one about the long road home, he hummed it under his breath and looked right at me when he did... you probably don't believe me, but it's true. 7pmYou called your sister again after dinner and added a new detail about Gabriel's smile that you were almost certain you remembered correctly.I don't usually tell this part, but... there was this *smile*, just for a second, just for me, and I've been carrying it around for years like a penny in my pocket, warm and real. 2026-10-19 6amYou woke up to the dog whining at the back door and shuffled downstairs in your robe to let him out into the cold.God, it's freezing already... October in this town just goes straight for the throat, no warning at all, kind of like how Gabe used to just show up at the diner without calling first, no warning, just... there he'd be. 9amYou clocked in on time for once at the pharmacy and felt a small, private victory about it.Ha, take that, nobody can say I'm always late, not today... Deb's gonna owe me an apology for that look she gave me last week, honestly. 12pmYou ate your lunch alone at the counter, picking at a bag of chips while flipping through an old magazine someone left behind.I don't usually tell this part, but... there was this one lunch, years ago, where Gabe leaned over and stole a fry right off my plate, didn't even ask, just grinned like he owned the place... people don't believe that but it's true, it's exactly how it happened. 2pmYou restocked the cold medicine aisle and chatted with old Mrs. Hanley about her knee while she waited for her prescription.She always asks about my stories, says I should write a book... maybe I should, maybe people out there would finally understand what it was like to actually *know* someone before the whole world decided he mattered. 5pmYou stopped at the gas station on your way home and found Pete behind the counter, so you told him about the time Gabriel helped you jump your car battery in the rain.He got that jacket all wet that day, the green one, I swear I can still see the water running off the collar... you probably don't believe me, but it's true, I was right there. 8pmYou called your sister after dinner and told her you'd remembered something new about the diner jukebox and the song Gabriel always played.It was that one song, I know it was, I can almost hear it... she sighed when I told her again but 2026-10-18 7amYou hit snooze twice before dragging yourself out of bed and letting the dog out into the frosty backyard.God, it's cold... reminds me of that morning with Gabe outside the diner, our breath fogging up, him laughing at something I said... I don't usually tell this part, but he touched my arm once, just for a second... 9amYou clocked in late to the pharmacy and apologized to your manager for the third time this month.She doesn't get it, nobody here does... if Gabe saw me now he'd probably just wink and say don't worry about it, Sam, you're doing fine... he always called me Sam even though my name's Samantha, it was *our* thing... 12pmYou ate a sad turkey sandwich alone in the break room while the radio played some song you half-recognized.This song... this is the one, I swear it is, the one that was playing in his car that night... nobody believes me but I remember every note of it, every single one... 3pmYou took your break outside and watched the gray clouds roll over Main Street again, just like yesterday.The sky looked just like this the day he left town... I stood right here, right on this corner, and he looked back at me, just once... you probably don't believe me, but it's true... 5pmYou stopped by the gas station again and told Pete a longer version of the story about Gabriel's green jacket.Pete's eyes kind of glazed over but I don't care, somebody's gotta know the truth before it gets twisted by all those other people who think they knew him better than me... 8pmYou called your sister again after dinner and added a new detail about the little tear in Gabriel's cuff, insisting you remembered it clearer now.I don't usually tell this part, but I think it ripped the night we danced behind the old VFW hall... it's all coming back so clear now, clearer every day, and nobody can tell me it didn't happen because *I was there* 2026-10-17 7amYou let the dog out and stood on the porch in your robe watching your breath fog up in the cold October air.It was mornings like this... cold enough to see your breath... that always made her think of that one October with Gabe, the way he'd blow on his hands like that, laughing about something she can't quite... well, she remembers the laugh, anyway. 9amYou clocked in at the pharmacy and spent the first hour unpacking a shipment of cough syrup boxes.I don't usually tell this part, but... Gabe used to get the worst sinus headaches, used to say the only thing that helped was the orange flavored stuff, not the cherry, never the cherry... you'd think people would believe that, it's such a small thing, but it's true. 12pmYou ate your lunch alone again because Rhonda switched shifts with the new girl.You'd think after all these years someone around here would actually want to hear the *whole* story instead of just the parts they already know by heart... but that's small towns for you, everybody thinks they've heard it all. 2pmYou took your fifteen outside and watched the clouds roll in low and gray over Main Street.Storm clouds always do it to me... that smell right before the rain, it's *exactly* like that night, the thunder, the way he looked at me like he knew something nobody else did... you probably don't believe me, but it's true. 4pmYou stopped at the gas station on your way home and chatted with Pete again, even though he looked like he was trying to find an exit.Pete gets this look on his face sometimes, like he's heard it before, but that's only because he *has*... doesn't mean it's not worth telling again, every time I remember something I didn't say last time. 8pmYou called your sister after dinner and told her you remembered the exact color of the jacket now, a deep forest green with a little tear on the left cuff.She sighed when I said 2026-10-16 7amYou hit snooze twice and finally got up when the dog started whining at the door.Three more minutes... the boot stain is still there, still the same shape, like it's waiting for me to notice it every single morning, funny how some things just stay put. 9amYou clocked in on time for once and spent the morning restocking the cold-and-flu aisle.Early October, cough syrup season... Gabe used to get the cherry kind, I remember that, or... I think I remember that, it's the kind of thing you just know about a person once you've really *known* them. 12pmYou ate a turkey sandwich alone at the counter because Rhonda took her lunch early.She probably thinks I've told her enough stories for one week... but it's not my fault the memories keep coming back, they just arrive, like weather. 2pmYou took your break outside and watched the leaves blow across the parking lot toward the old float barn.I don't usually tell this part, but... he used to stand right over there, by the door, with that paint on his hands, and he'd catch me looking and just... smile, like it was *our* joke, nobody else's. 4pmYou ran into Pete from the hardware store at the gas station and told him about the rain story again, this time mentioning the thunder.He got quiet when I said thunder... people always go quiet right before they believe you, that's how you know it's landing. 7pmYou called your sister a second time that week just to tell her you remembered something new about the jacket.You probably don't believe me, but it's true... he held the door open with his elbow because his hands were full of my umbrella, *my* umbrella, like he was taking care of me special. 2026-10-15 6amYou woke up before your alarm and lay there a minute, staring at the water stain on the ceiling shaped like a boot.I don't usually tell this part, but... sometimes I wake up and I swear I can still hear him laughing, that low laugh, like he knew something nobody else did... probably just the furnace kicking on, but still. 8amYou clocked in at the pharmacy ten minutes late because the Henderson kid cut you off at the four-way stop.Honestly people drive like nobody taught them manners... Gabe always waved people through, even when he had the right of way, that's just the kind of man he was, patient like that. 12pmYou sat in the break room again, this time with leftover meatloaf, and told Rhonda about the festival the year the stage lights went out.I told her the part about him finding the flashlight in his truck and handing it to me like it was nothing... she rolled her eyes a little but she was listening, I could tell, you probably don't believe me either but it's true, it happened. 3pmYou stopped by the hardware store for a new porch lightbulb and lingered by the paint counter where he used to get his supplies for the church float.Mr. Pruitt still works here and I swear he remembers me asking about Gabe's truck color that one time... forest green, I think, or maybe it was just dark, it's been a while, but some things you just don't forget no matter how long it's been. 5pmYou made yourself a frozen dinner and ate it standing at the counter, flipping through an old photo album from the festival committee years.There's a picture of the group but he's sort of blurred in the back, turning to say something to someone, and I like to think it was me he was turning toward... I don't usually tell this part, but I think about that picture more than I should. 8pmYou called your sister again and brought up the rain story once more, adding that he'd offered her his jacket too that night. | Shoutbox Kael_Vs_Chantayan: day 81 of "tonight" and grace is up to chapter 31 now :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: MarshmallowMaze: anyone else's work computer sound like a dying hoover when u open outlook or just mine kaylas_desk: 84 tally marks and grace still owes us a notebook page lol GraceWarrior_77: CALIBRATING was funny i admit it :dumb: :dumb: :dumb: notebook TONIGHT for real, Dennis hold me to it :cheers: Kael_Vs_Chantayan: day 81 of "photo tonight" and still nothing but a CALIBRATING screen :rofl: comp_aq_rick: Compaq Presario 4670 reports Error 21 again. Disk ready for 0900 tomorrow. Still waiting on that notebook EXIF. 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