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So why the hell hadn’t I slept with hiht?

My coffee machine bubbled as I looked at hiot up andhiet better and better"

"I need caffeine to process that" He jumped up, rumpled and fine, and ca in yours? I should learn this," he said, one corner of hisup as he blew across the surface of his coffee, taking a tentative sip

Gah That mouth What it could do to ar Milk" I stood and fixed my coffee the way I liked it and sat back down

"Let

"Why?"

"So I know the shade you like your coffee I’ll try to match it when I make it for you next time"

That woke me up Next time?

Yes Next time

The smile we shared was (alht, and a slow-building wars turned into a steady throb

But one that had to wait

"I don’t want to sound rude," I started, taking a sip, "but I have a ton of things I have to do today and toeous, speckled eyes looked up fro, framed by eyelashes that curled up the saot you were in grad school" Sip "Why library science? Why not law?"

"You too?" I groaned

"It’s a logical question, Aive everyone else, or the truth?"

He shot ed ed there

Throb

"I lost the killer instinct"

"Is that the lie or the truth?"

Shtly, holding hisaloft so he wouldn’t spill "The truth I decided I wanted to do so a little lesscutthroat" The real truth was that I’d learned a hard lesson four years ago

Too much ambition took ahat you wanted most

"It’s not because of me, is it?"

Das about hed

"Fuck"

"Not just because of youof usof, well, not us After that debate I went to nationals and got creahtered And I realized I didn’t even really like the cross-examination What I liked o into a field where you get paid to learn things and help other people do research" I finished round next to the bed He stood I copied hi hands cupped e pushing into ain, for what happened"

"Sam, you don’t have to--"

"You’ll make a damn fine librarian, but you’d make an even better law librarian," he added

"Someday," I said We both took deep breaths, layers of

"I’ll hold you to that," he whispered, then kissedreached s to do How about we get together at the end of the week?" he said, pulling away reluctantly

"Perfect"

The next kiss he gave me as we parted ways had to last three days

And it really was that good

But the dream was even better

Saonize their alienated progeny in the saot out of A, my own phone buzzed with e fronored it Mom tried about every ive her credit for persistence

Emyself for another sexfest After Joe moved out, Darla and Trevor had becoht stock in condoms, because he sure was invested in their use

At the apart on the couch in his boxer briefs, staring dully at some nature show on television

"What’s up?"

"She’s an animal," he said hoarsely

I looked at the television "Elephants generally are" So habits of African beasts

"I meant Darla"

"Can’t keep up, Bro?"

He actually whimpered

"Sam! Your mom called," Darla shouted from the bathroom

"Oh Yeah" Trevor added "She called my line Wants to talk Told nore her this tiy voice, "I have soers and winced