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We both glare at him so sharply that he immediately stumbles a step back, his obnoxiously red sneakers suddenly becos he’s ever seen Dee and I turn back around, glancing at each other and trying not to laugh She playfully elbows ht back My sinning to loosen up when a guy walks right past us like he’s going to cut in line In dark shades and a baggy black knit cap that droops in the back, he flicks a cigarette to the ground, and my eyes narrow on him

Dee and I have been waiting for way too long to let some self-entitled jerk cut in front of us, so when he knocks on the door to the club, I force myself to speak up

“They’re not letting people in yet,” I say, hoping he takes the hint Even withnext to him He has to be at least six-foot-two, maybe taller

He turns his head toward ’s funny His wrist is covered with string bracelets and rubber bracelets and a thick leather cuff, and three of his fingernails on each hand are painted black But his eyes are what steal the words fro

When the door opens, he turns back to it and locks hands with the bouncer

“You’re late,” the bouncer says, and the guy in the shades laughs and slips inside Once he disappears, Dee pushes my shoulders

“Ohto?!”

I shake my head

“That was Adaer of the band we’re here to see!”

OhGodNo “You’re kidding”

She shakes her head, stifling a laugh “Did you see the way he looked at you?!”

“Like I’m an idiot!”

She pulls hter she’s been holding in

“You couldn’t have told me?!”

Dee squeezes ht there! What was I supposed to do?!” She laughs even harder “Oh, babe, I’hter when I feel her lift a hand behind my back to wipe a tear from her eye