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Kaleb grinned "That’s the e do"

"I’enuine s

Ten to one they did it with the lights on

"Welcoet sohts above the table dihtly when Michael and Emerson bumped hands Same as with Amelia and Zooey, it calmed after a few seconds Everyone talked a hundredup while aited Except forto catch up on I held Dune’s hand under the table and observed

Lily and Emerson both made atteentle atte everyone, but Michael was quiet Enough to make me feel comfortable, like I wasn’t the only person at the table asn’t a talker

Dune leaned close to whisper in my ear "They like you I can tell"

"I like them, too," I whispered back "But I have no idea what to say"

"You’ll figure it out Or they’ll figure it out for you"

He was right They were so comfortable with one another that it extended tome I understood what Poe meant now They were impressive as a team They were impressive humans

After dinner, which I didn’t eat, Dune, Lily, Kaleb, and I headed toward Bourbon Em and Michael set out to find a LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULER baby onesie

"Planning ahead?" I asked Dune as they walked away

"E Michael will eventually be the uncle?" I wondered if the tiny article of clothing would be recycled to their child one day

"Probably"

Lily touched erous at night?"

"It can be, but there’s soroup," I said "I mean, not me and you, obviously, but we have the Rock and the Hulk as personal bodyguards"

"I do not turn green" Kaleb shook his head "Ever"

"Just when any guy looks at Lily for longer than five seconds," Dune said "Which is a lot"

I sensed I’d be doing so later

"Okay," Kaleb ad ‘Hulk smash!’ More than once"

Dune nodded as he took , man"

Lily winked atnow

"Head that way We’ll be right behind you" I pointed Lily and Kaleb toward Saints & Sinners Then I pushed Dune into an alley

"What are you--"

I steered hiainst a brick wall "I e still had the roolad, but I’ froers in his waistband "You’re sweet to irl"

"If ets this kind of response, remind me to do it more often"

I slid my hands up his stomach to his chest, and then around his neck His hands went down, overon roan sounded in his throat

"We are in an alley" Hislower "In the very, very public French Quarter"

"That doesn’t seeive him easy access

"I can’t I want to touch you all the tiainst the wall "I want to be with you all the tiood Not that I’s around his waist, and his hands ainst"Did Ion you like a tick"