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"I can see that" She nods in understanding, her eyes searching ht?"

"No, he doesn’t"

"Oh hell yeah, he does You should have seen the way he was looking at you and then the way he atching your ass when you guys alking down the hall He wants you, girl, and he doesn’t look like he is the kind of guy you can put off for very long Not only that, but why in the world would you want to put hi for hiot hoh the front door"

"Can we not talk about this?" I ask pleadingly The ies that are now ininout Saturday?" she asks, reading et out"

"Me too," I say softly before getting back to work The rest of the night I spend quietly trying to think of a way to avoid going home

"Oha drink in o, and after ht our way to the bar for a drink and to wait for Derik and his boyfriend to show up

"What is it?" I ask, leaning away fro the drink froood You can’t even taste the Jack," she pro a sht; it’s sweet and I can’t taste any kind of alcohol "It’s really good!" I shout close to her ear

She takes the drink back froers He nods in understanding as Tara sits back down next to me

"So, how have you and Mr Hot Guy been?"

I bite my lip and think about that question How are Kenton andto avoid him, and he seems more determined than before to not let me avoid him Before, he would leave me notes or texts, but now, I have to deal with hiet so to eat, and when I walked into the kitchen, he was there I couldn’t exactly leave withouthi myself a sandwich The only probleainst me or his mouth would come close to my ear when he spoke No matter what I did, he was there in e ure out why he affects ers in front of hts away

"So are you going to answer me?"

"We’re fine"

"Just fine?" She raises an eyebrow

"I don’t know, honestly," I tell her with a shrug as the bartender puts two drinks in front of us I slide my money across the bar before Tara has a chance to pay for theht when I picked you up"