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"See how irresistible I a bed without you!"

My eyes drink in every inch of her from head to toe "Maybe if you’d put on some clothes I’d feel less inclined to attack you"

She pulls one of her hands from mine and reaches to the chair above her head where her robe landed earlier "Fine," she says, yanking it off the chair "I’ll wear this until we leave torab the robe from her hands and toss it behind me "The hell you will I told you what you were allowed to wear on this honeymoon, and that robe wasn’t on the list"

"Well, everything that was on the list is sort of soaking wet, thanks to you"

I laugh "That’s only inconvenient for anyone who isn’t me" As soon as I kiss her, she finds the one spot on my stomach that’s ticklish and she attacks I’et away from her hands I hop back onto the bed and she jumps on top of me Once I realize she has ive up and let her win

Who wouldn’t?

"Fun should have been the fourth thing onherself besideto attackto She sees I’, so she elaborates "She said there were three things every wo fun with him wasn’t on the list, but I think it should be" She sits up and scoots back to the headboard "Tell me about a fun time A happy time I need a break from all the sad memories for a while"

I think back to the le to come up with a positive one "It’s hard, Lake There were happy moments, but not really happy times There was so much heartache under the surface of that entire year"

"Then tellpuroceries I walk across the street to get Caulder Julia and Lake need to talk, so I think I’ll offer to take Kel for a while, too Before I knock, I take a deep breath and prepare for whatever reaction Lake ave her detention today so I could talk to her and Eddie, then I just left her and Eddie a blubbering ht now but I felt like I needed to make a point, which is the only reason I did it Whether or not Lake got uess I’m about to find out

When the door opens, I’ doors here now?"

He s puht one for you, too"

"No, it’s fine I’ll carveyou home so they can have some family ti at the bar carving pumpkins I know Lake hasn’t had a chance to talk with Julia, since she had to have just gotten ho in front of me

Julia pulls out a chair and pats it, indicating she wants ht That’s all we’re doing Just carving pumpkins"

It’s obvious from her tone that Lake ain That doesn’t surprisepumpkins" I sit in the chair Julia pulled out for lance at each other as I takeI don’t kno she feels about what I said during detention today, but if her expression is any indication, she doesn’t seeetic

"Why were you so late getting holance away just as Lake snaps her head in his direction I focus my attention on the pumpkin in front of me

"Eddie and I had detention," she says matter-of-factly

"Detention? What were you in detention for?" Julia asks

I can feel the blood pooling in my cheeks

Lie to her, Lake

"We skipped class last week, took a nap in the courtyard"

That’s h of relief

"Lake, ould you do so like that? What class did you skip?" Julia asks, obviously disappointed Lake doesn’t respond, which causesat h "What was I supposed to do?"

Julia laughs and patsyou supper for that"

I WALK TO the door with Julia when the pizza arrives and take it frouy while she pays him I set it on the counter and make the boys a plate

"I want to try this suck and sweet Kel keeps telling me about," Julia says after we all sit down Lake looks up at her, confused about what "suck and sweet" is, but she doesn’t ask for an explanation

"Good idea, I’ll go first Show you guys how it’s done," I say I take a sip of my drink and start with my suck

"Mrs Alex was my suck today," I say

"Who’s Mrs Alex and as she your suck?" Julia asks