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I push through the door and aze immediately zeroes onto Seth’s for hi? Fencing? No…planking! Yes, that’s what it’s called Planking I tried it once and barelycolances up athis white teeth

"What’s his tio"

Darryl crosses his legs and places the stopwatch on his grey, sweatpant-clad thigh I step closer to Seth, watching his hts to keep hi conoringBlade, I want to touch Seth I want to talk to hi to rid the h plank," Darryl commands, and with a small exhale, Seth pushes himself off of his elbows and onto the palround Seth keeps his head straight, not looking at anything but the far wall I circle hi his eye contact with the wall He glances up at e to be close to hi o," I hear Darryl sigh under his breath, but I ignore hily at ertips over the rock hard muscles in his ar layer of sweat tremble and my eyes flick from his arms to his face

"You knohen I pictured you underneath me for the first time in weeks, this isn’t exactly what I had in mind," he says, his voice strained

I hear Darryl’s chair scratch a few ti us the privacy we desperately need I laugh, turning my head to look away from hi warainst les as his lips playfully travel h planks," Darryl co his ar sessions he looks a His skin doesn’t turn pink like olden rivers in his eyes turn a beautiful sun gold He’s so perfect I want kick him or squeeze him until he pops Not out of hate, but out of love--pure, endless, exciting love

"Three o to my place to help Jackson"

"Will Selena be there, too?" It’s been so long since I’ve seen her She’s been taking introduction classes in everything because it turns out being a police officer wasn’t for her On her first day in class, she got to watch theuns and she discovered she doesn’t like loud noises I mentally roll my eyes every time I think about it On the plus side, since she’s been with Jackson, her drinking and s makes you feel like more of an alcoholic than when Selena declines a drink froet Selena to cut down on drinking since high school, but she’s very stubborn After a while, I gave up She’s her own person and although I wouldn’t want her doing anything to hurt herself, I’m not her mother She can do whatever she wants and all I can do is offer some sound advice from the sideline

"I don’t know…" Seth answers "If Jackson finds her and they make up, then probably"

"Wait Finds her? What happened and why hasn’t she called me?"

"She’s probably too pissed off to talk to anyone"

No, that can’t be it Selena has always called one her way She’s calledbecause her Nan died and she’s calledbecause her driver’s license photo makes her ‘look like a man’ My point is she always calls me I pullit to s, she answers

"Hey"

I frown, she seems fine I keep my eyes on Seth’s chest, but I’ above hs "I a"

"Vent to me, it’ll make you feel better"

"Jackson met Dad"

My brows furrow "And what happened?"

"You kno Dad is and howhs once "Which is hilarious co? There’s so lected to tell me…and it kind of hurts As for her dad, he’s a strict man, but I’ve never really seen hiain, she refuses to say much about her dad and he’s hardly home I’ve seen him easily only twenty times since I’ve known Selena He can’t be too bad if she still lives there and refuses to ive her advice about a problem she’s never shared withand ere hoping to have a barbeque?"

"Yeah, I’ll be there"

"Good, we can talk then I o, but if it makes you feel better, I miss you, too"

I rollup and slip ?" Seth asks

"Apparently"

His full lips curl "Did she tell you Jackson almost punched her dad?"

I feel my eyebrows rise into my hair line "No"

He nods "Yeah, he did"

"Why?"

"According to Jackson, her dad is an asshole Jackson isn’t one to lose control easily, so her dadreally ether I’ve never seen Jackson as the aggressive type--at least, not like Seth Seth can switch his ets in his eyes whenever so…as well as thrilling