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I grin His ossip excites me and expels all my troubles out of my head momentarily I’ll take the reprieve

"Okay," I say conspiratorially "So, Iquite the conversation"

"How so?" Stevie asks, his eyes twinkling

"He just approached me and told me some crap about how beautiful I was, and that it wasn’t a cheesy pickup line, but oh, God…it was so cheesy and completely a pickup line"

"Is he hot?"

"Beyond hot," I tell hi…about near his chin, but it’s cut in like these choppy layers"

Stevie closes his eyes and sighs at the fantasy I’ht and reflective Oh, and he’s tall, and you can tell he’s reallyjust i out?"

The grin I had been sporting as I described Garrett melts off my face "We’re not I turned him down"

"You what?" Stevie practically shrieks "Are you crazy? You haven’t had a date since before Moses was born and now you’re being chased after by a freakin’ hot hockey player Please tellto get intoserious"

"And?" Stevie drawls "What’s wrong with that?"

I openwith that, but nothing comes out Mywhen he asked ood feelings, no doubt So why in the hell did I say no?

"And don’t givemorally opposed to casual sex," Stevie says before I can even think of that excuse

"I’m not morally opposed to it," I mutter "I’m just not that type of person"