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I winced “I can see”
“Yeah, I noticed that you saw That’s why you weren’t paying a bit of attention toto the table?”
To the table where Blondie was practically dry hun me up “I’ll be over in a little bit”
She pouted “You need to hurry your little ass up and coirl off if you’re over there, and then I don’t have to worry about catching herpes”
“Herpes isn’t airborne,” I told her
“Yeah, you say that now, but then it enital warts then you have a super-strain of herpes” Her nose wrinkled “You breathe it in, and then bam! You’ll need antiviral therapy for life”
Andrea was planning on going to ht she needed to take a few of her classes over again if she believed that was possible But I knehat the real proble
Where there was one girl after Kyler, there were at least two or threeon the outskirts I looked over irls Andrea didn’t want ood at hiding her feelings as I was
She didn’t want one of those other girls to fall into Tanner’s lap, which looked close to happening One of the girls was chatting it up with the tattooed, buzz-cut police officer’s son Tanner appeared only half-interested, saying so to Kyler Blondie wasn’t happy with the lack of attention She twisted around, scooped up a piece of ice out of a drink on the table and popped it in her ed Kyler’s head toward hers as she bent her head down
“Oh, look at that” Andrea sighed “I think I saw that once in an 80s irl has any sense of shame?”
My stomach dipped like I was poised atop a rollercoaster It wasn’t about not having sha for what you wanted Part of e Kyler-sized part of , because now all I’ about is herpes”
Andrea pushed off the bar “Uh…”
Their lips were touching
Damn it
A second later Kyler leaned back, his jaorking as he chehat I assumed was the piece of ice Blondie had so openly shared
“Ugh,” Iback around Andrea winced, because she knew…she was the only person who knew “I’ll be over in a little while Going to finish my drink first”
“Okay” She smiled, but sadness crept into her eyes “Sydney…”
Now I felt like a laht over”
“After you finish your drink?” When I nodded, she sighed “You never finish a drink, but I’ll be waiting Don’t take forever” She started to turn and then whipped back toa bottle of beer “Actually, take your time”
“Huh?”
Her smile spread “Look who just came in”
I craned aze “Oh”
“‘Oh’ is right” Andrea bent down and kissed et about Kyler the man-slut You’re better than that But him?” She nodded at the door “That’s a keeper who’sto end your celibacy”
Heat swaue the use of the word “celibacy,” Andrea had skipped off and I was left staring at Paul Robertson
Paul was new to our group; I’dHe was nice and funny He was perfect, really, but…
He stopped just at the edge of the dance floor, tugging off his skull cap Scanning the bar, he smoothed a hand over his blond hair His eyesroup of people huddled around round tables
Paul would be perfect for ht now, and for that very reason alone, I needed to stop thinking about the unattainable and start thinking about as right in front of my face
Taking a deep breath, I mustered up what I hoped was a sexy sht
Kyler
I was already starting to get a headache By the way the chick was squirht now, this was going to be a long night I crunched down on the piece of ice, half-tempted to spit it out
But that would be sort of rude
I should have been in the mood to celebrate, except I wasn’t One e left, and then what? Join the fa I wanted Well, not necessarily the last thing Trying to explain to my mom why I didn’t foresee a career in bar restoration inI wanted to do It was never soe later, and I was about to walk out with a degree in business bullshit
Reaching around the girl, I grabbed the neck of the beer bottle Across from me, Tanner raised his brows I smirked as he turned back to whatever the brunette chick was saying to hi a wax yesterday and she was outside theperiod Seriously? That was prettyeither of us wanted to hear