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For one thing, his body was completely relaxed next to mine and this was one of the first ti about zoest step known to

On the flat screen, a zombie took a chunk out of souy just stood there Hello There’re zo behind you, douche canoe"

I giggled

"This is why zombie movies are unbelievable to me," he went on "Okay Say the world ends in a shit stor brain cells would do is just stand along a building waiting for a zombie to creep up on him"

Dawson cracked a smile

"Shut up and watch the nored that "So you really think you’d do well in a zombie apocalypse?"

"Yeppers," I said "I’d totally save your butt"

"Oh, really?" He glanced at the screen Then he faded out and so, I jerked into Dawson "Oh ing loose fro brown skin covered his cheekbones One of his eyes was just…a hole The other was glazed over and

Zorin "Save my butt? Yeah, I don’t think so"

I could only stare

Dawson actually laughed Not sure asnext to me

His form faded out and then he was back--beautiful, carved cheekbones and head full of hair Thank God "I think you’d suck at the zombie apocalypse," he said

"You…you are disturbed," Idown next to hirin, he reached for the bowl and ca eyes onat us, but I wasn’t sure if he was even seeing us There was a reminiscent expression in his eyes, tainted with sadness and so else Deterreen hue brightened, no longer dull and listless, and he looked so much like Daeave his head a little shake and looked away

I glanced at Daeed "Anyone wantI can make it red for you"

"More popcorn but rabbed the bowl and stood, I caught hilance at his brother "Want me to pause the ain Dae at the door when the zoain and left He wasn’t fooling me

"I think he secretly enjoys zo atthe sahost stuff"

Dawson nodded "We used to record those shows and spend all day Saturday watching them Sounds kind of laaze flickered back to the TV "I miss that"

My heart went out to hi on my lower lip "You know, you still can"

He didn’t respond

I wondered if the problem was that Daasn’t cogage between the two "I’d love to watch sos"

Daas silent as he crossed his legs at the ankles I was pretty sure he wasn’t going to answer, just ignore what I offered, and I was okay with that Small steps and all

But then he did speak "Yeah, that would be kind of cool I…I can do that"

Surprised,toward Dawson "Really?"

"Yeah" He smiled It eak, but it was a smile

Happy about this, I nodded and then turnedjust outside the living rooaze was drawn to his, and I sucked in an unsteady breath

He’d heard everything

Relief and gratitude poured fro The thank-you was in his stare, in the way his hands gave a little shake around the fresh bowl of popcorn He ca the bowl in my lap Then he reached over, took ht

…

Over the next couple of days, I came to accept that I probably did have a mini freak-out on Monday There had been no s fro became a nonissue

Dawson had returned to PHS

"I saw hi, her body practically hu fork with excitement "Or at least I think I did It really could’ve been Daeuy was thinner"

To me, it was easy to tell the two brothers apart "It was Dawson"

"That’s the strange thing" Some of the enthusiasm faded "Dawson and I were never best buds, but he was always friendly I went up to hi like he hadn’t even seen me And hey, I’m hard toperson"

I laughed "So true"

Lesa grinned "But seriously, so was off about hi about Dawson that humans could sense? "What do you mean?"