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"Noel!" Caroline cried, appalled

He glanced at her, his eyes hard "I’oing to pretend to like this Are you co home or not?"

Caroline wrapped her arms around my arm "I am home," she said simply

The look Gamble shot me told me this had to be the worst betrayal yet, as if I’d just stolen his sister from him

Then he nodded once, cleared his throat, and stood up After he left without another word, I looked at a quiet, pale Caroline I didn’t feel so steady myself It wasn’t every day I lost my friend

"Are you okay?" I asked her

She blurted out a short, shaky laugh "Are you?"

I nodded "I don’t regret a single thing I have you, and that’s ers, I kissed the knuckles "Nohat do you want to do about the rest of our life?"

Caroline and I started looking for a new place together Blondie got a littlesickness, but she hadn’t yet had one scare I kept telling her all the doctors were just blowing snancy, but I was glad she and Ham continued to take every precaution, just to be sure

In other news, I put Caroline on o blabbing about our e just yet--and Caroline went to the Social Security and the DMV to legally beco

The day her new driver’s license with her new na excited She juood thing Zas at a doctor’s appointment We were pretty loudand naked