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When Angela perfectly narrowed down the best qualities in a man:
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When Angela saw everything in slow motion around her crush.
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When Angela's longing for Jordan was silent, yet potent.
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When Jordan gave the realest advice.
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When Rickie summed up adolescence.
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When Rayanne spoke nothing but the truth:
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When Brian Krakow was all of us in high school.
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Pretty much any one of Angela's inner monologues.
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Like, HOW is this girl in high school??
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When Rickie and Angela had both entirely different and entirely the same problems.
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When Angela told Brian he didn't know what love was when, THE WHOLE TIME, he was in love with her.
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When Patti and Angela had this moment:
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When Angela put perfectly into words what living with adult pressures feels like.
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When Angela understood Rickie better than he could've ever guessed.
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When Angela and Jordan embodied angsty teen crushing to the absolute max.
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When Jordan finally held Angela's hand and it felt like the most important event in the history of time.
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When Jordan thought he was being polite, when, deep down, he said the worst things he could possibly say.
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When Sharon and Rayanne teamed up to help Angela stick up for herself.
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When Jordan unintentionally brought up the damaging effects of patriarchal norms.
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When Angela and Jordan had a conversation that meant nothing and everything, at the same time.
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When Angela tried SO HARD to be nonchalant.
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When Rayanne explained to Angela the importance of being honest with your feelings.
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When Brian couldn't bear to break Angela's heart, even though he really wanted to be with her.
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When, despite liking him a lot, Angela stood up for herself every time Jordan behaved like a dingus.
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And when Jordan actually changed as a person due to Angela speaking her mind.
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When Angela and Sharon rekindled their friendship in the most moving way.
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When Rickie and Angela learned how much they meant to each other.
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When Angela actually felt inspired by her teacher:
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When Angela's lie was way more awkward than the truth.
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And when she learned it didn't matter because Jordan was dyslexic and couldn't read.
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When Angela just felt really, really alone in the world.
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When Rickie had to deal with daily harassment just for being who he was.
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When Rayanne looked out for Angela in the cleverest way.
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And when Rayanne told Jordan what's what.
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When Angela pushed Jordan to be the best he could be.
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When Rickie's drama teacher wouldn't give up on him.
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When Jordan summarized the trickiness of romance so simply.
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When Angela woke up and started dancing because she was finally "over" Jordan Catalano.
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When Angela dropped this explosive truth bomb.
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When Jordan was literally all of us.
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And when it tackled the most confusing question of all:
