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___ was a girl named Ava. :
THERE14
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She had ___ her skill in band, :
HONED17
despite sitting next to the noisy ___, :
CLARINETS19
which were an ___ distraction. :
ADDED20
One day, after school, Ava called a ___. :
LYFT21
It hadn't come ___ as she muttered, :
YET22
"___, I guess. At least the week's over." :
TGIF23
She was ___ with her music, :
BORED25
and school was hardly an ___. :
EDEN26
Just then, Dana, a bandmate Ava was crushing on, walked up lugging a ___. :
TUBA29
As Ava ___ nearby, gathering her courage, :
IDLED31
Dana bent down to ___ the heavy instrument. :
STOW34
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"Would it be a stretch to say I dig your ___ T-shirt?," Ava asked. :
YOGA38
Dana's reaction was the start of an ___ for Ava. :
ERA39
Wheezing laughter like an ___ in an old tire and deep blushing :
AIRLEAK41
were ___ that Dana was smitten, too. :
SIGNALS43
"That was a ___ joke!," Dana sputtered. :
RAD44
"I got the shirt from ___; glad you like it." :
EBAY46
Ava mustered every ___ in her brain :
NEURON47
and felt her heart ___ as she blurted, :
SKIP49
"I'd love to hang out some time, no ___!" :
LYING51
Dana grinned. "Then meditating together in corpse pose ___ an option!" :
ISNT52
Ava wrinkled her ___ and laughed. :
NOSE54
After that spark, the pair bonded in large ___. :
DOSES56
Dana learned that Ava loved chocolate ___ cookies, :
CHIP57
and Ava learned Dana loved "Much ___ About Nothing." :
ADO58
Though Dana wanted to visit Timbuktu in ___ :
MALI61
and Ava preferred Accra in ___, :
GHANA62
the pair still felt the ___ of their connection. :
RIGHTNESS65
One night, after watching "___ Python," :
MONTY66
bingeing subtitled dramas from ___, and :
ASIA67
listening to Nat King ___, :
COLE68
Ava and Dana shared their first kiss over cream ___. :
SODAS69
And, of course, ___ lived :
THEY70
happily ___ after. :
EVER