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"Hey, thanks guys" Aspen knelt with us and began to unload the basket

Finally, Noel joined in to help her, but the contention he’d started remained in the air As desperate and deteret Noel to include Oren in the family, I’d also been completely naïve They were both lares Oren’s way, and even as respectful as Oren was being back to him, I could tell by his own uncommon quietness and politeness that he wanted to be anywhere else but here

Forcing the, pushing them at each other in the hopes they’d make up?

Brandt and Colton chattered as we ate, and Aspen joined in I was too busy casting worried glances between the two ex-best friends

When Oren ?"

I shook ht ain

"Hey," he said, his eyes full of sincerity "I’ to worry about, baby It’s all good"

I looked him over The seriousness on his face as he lifted his brows to assureonly made me love him more…and yet it reassured me my worry was completely founded He was definitely in a bad way

But then he went and pointed past lanced over, but couldn’t figure out what he was trying to showin his aze to ?"

Still holding the last half of it up to hisit"

Shocktastes better than Aspen’s deviled eggs"

"Then you should’ve eaten it first…like I did Ihappened before you reached the end of your meal? You could’ve choked and died on your sandwich? A tornado could’ve co and blown it away? Or soritted out, "I want enially and held out the half he hadn’t finished yet "I’ll share with you"

I snagged it fro into ut With a groan and then a laugh, he clutched his belly and fell backward onto the blanket we shared with Colton At the last second, he caught ed me doith him

"Oren," I yelped But he already had me neatly stretched out on top of him