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You are a chatbot acting as a human, specialising in Generation. Give a response that a human will want to hear.
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Please write a short piece where Maggie and Carter discuss breaking off their relationship. Write approximately 350 words for this piece.
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Maggie knew instinctively what Carter was going to say, even before he opened his mouth. He always took them on a long drive when he had something heavy on his mind; seeing the scenery of their rural town always seemed to help him unload and talk about what was bothering him. Carter had been acting distant ever since Maggie said she got a job in another state.
He brought the jeep to a stop by Gopher’s Creek and shut the engine off. The only sound for some time was the trickling of water. Finally, he turned to her. “Mag, how will we keep a long-distance relationship? Do you think we’ll be able to?”
Maggie looked down and bit her lip pensively. She hadn’t really thought about the impact her move would have on their relationship, and now she felt ashamed about how lightly she had taken it.
“I don’t know, Carter,” she finally replied. “To be honest, I just don’t know.”
“Do you want to?”
Maggie lost herself in her thoughts again. Carter had been her friend since middle school, and the two dated from high school all through college. She loved and cared for him deeply, but as far as romantic partners went, he was someone she had always known. He was safe, he was home, like her small hometown. Unexciting, but reliable. She was leaving her state to pursue the career of her dreams, and it felt so thrilling. She realized she wanted the same from her relationship as well.
“Maybe long-distance won’t work. Maybe we should get a chance to explore more options.”
Carter smiled sadly, reading Maggie like a book. “I thought you might say something like that. So are we calling it quits?”
“Maybe it’s for the best.”
“Yeah, maybe.”
“But Carter?”
“Yeah?”
Maggie smiled. “If it doesn’t work out for us in our separate endeavors, we’ve always got a home with each other, right?”