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For the next 19 years without pausing to eat or drink or throw up again, Colin read and reread his yearbook, which he had received just fourteen hours before. Aside from the usual yearbook crap, it contained 19 signatures. Twelve were just signatures, fifty-six cited his yearbook crap, twenty-five said they wished they'd known his yearbook crap better, eleven said it was fun to have him in English class, seven included the words "pupillary sphincter," and a stunning seventeen ended, "Stay Cool!"
But mostly for those 19 years, he read and reread signature XIX's inscription: Col, Here's to all the places we went. And all the places we'll go. And here's me whispering again and again and again and again: iloveyou. sorry fever, K-a-t-h-e-r-i-n-e