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"And you have to pass the Ethan test" No one ever passed the Ethan test Her heart would be perfectly safe froet one or the other"

Only fair, she supposed He’d never h a platonic day anyway "Fine You just have to le coreed" He extended a platonic hand "Shake on it"

She took his hand and shook it, surprised when he didn’t try to prolong the clasping of their hands "It’s a deal then One platonic day together"

He released a relieved breath "Thank God the sun goes down in six hours You said nothing about a platonic night"

Why did the man have to be so feckin’ perceptive?

Chapter 6

Trey had never had so ers and beers while watching a ballgame in the back of the limo Had he wanted to steal a kiss, rip off her clothes, fk her senseless? Every second But he’d soers, and just to get her all up in ar teaaame, they’d taken a walk on the beach Talked About music He’d neveron her every word Was it because he was thinking about the way her kiss tasted, the heat he’d discovered between her legs, the cute way she squinted in the sunshine when she looked up at hi He wasn’t just pretending she was interesting to get laid He’d talked to women this hen he had no interest in the totally turned on by a woht this was a bad thing? Because he’d always felt like he was being untrue to Brian, that’s why Screwing around with people he didn’t care about didn’t feel ihts, Trey still felt guilty for liking Reagan soon Brian It seriously messed with his head so he an beside hian found a skate park on the beach and she talked a couple of dudes into letting her borrow their skateboards She ollied and kickflipped like a pro Trey tried to keep up, but he hadn’t been on a skateboard in about ten years and it showed The skater dudes were ian’s abilities Trey knew they were all thinking about fking her He could see the hunger in their eyes Even though Trey spenthis bruised body off the ground in a most unimpressive fashion, she left with him--much to her captive audience’s dismay--and they’d continued down the beach

She spotted a drink shack and lit up with excitement "I’m thirsty Are you thirsty?"

He needed a Tylenol and an icepack for his elbow er look on her face? "Yeah, sure What do you want?"

"Vanilla shake"

He bit back a quip about vanilla sex

A Frisbee landed at Reagan’s feet and a big, slobbery, yellow dog barked at her excitedly He wagged his tail and nudged the plastic disk with his nose

"He doesn’t bite! Would you uy yelled fro a scratch behind the ears and then tossed the chewed up bit of plastic toward the waves She chased hilanced at the line at the drink stand and then at Trey

"Go play with the dog," Trey said "I’ll get your drink"

Her happy laugh was all the reward he needed as he found the end of the line