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"I’ll go out the ," I said "Don’t forget to lock it after lass and take off the screen

"You sure you got this?" I asked

With a roll of her eyes, she took the screen from me "I’ve done it before, reht Thanks Lick you later, baby"

Her face lit with adoration "Okay"

We kissed, hard and fast When I pulled away, I added, "Love you," to which she sent me the perfect smile

"I love you too Oh! Wait"

I paused and glanced toward her bedroom door "What?"

"What did you want to tell ht before Zoey passed out Oh, crap! Zoey Is she okay?"

I nodded, starting to worry that her bedrooood A little freaked out, but she had Ham with her, and" Shit, I couldn’t tell her what I’d been planning on telling her earlier Not here, like this Mentioning the call I’d gotten froe after returning fro her was the last thing I wanted to do right now, so I went for the third thing I’d been planning to discuss with her "I’ to ask your brother if I can date you"

I knew I should’ve gone home to check on Blondie and Ham, but I still wanted to be around Caroline, plus now seeood a time as any to talk to Noel and ask for his permission to take his sister on a real, live date So instead of hunting my truck down, I snuck around fro onto the porch, I drew in a deep breath and knocked on the door

Gam’s woman answered less than a minute later She blinked as if confused when she saw ly as I could "Can Noel come out and play?"

"Uh" She shook her head "Yes, sure He’s here Colanced at my rumpled, half-torn clothes "Out of sorts"

Shit, I probably should’ve groo Caroline had been a little wild this evening