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CJ shifts abovetell you otherwise, you hear me?"

"Yeah, yeah," Jake mutters "God So today, asshole"

"I said I was coivein on the fourth?"

"I didn’t knoas approved for leave until last minute This is your heads up Goddamn"

CJ lets out an exhausted breath abovehis knee to the couch space between et you to the bedroorumble from behind my hands "Just stuff me underneath the cushions and leaveout of h He kisses the back ofanyie"

"Bro, for real? It’s good to see you Always is, but don’t make me embarrass you in front ofI can’tThe couch dips and I hear Velcro being pulled, and I know CJ is putting on his boot Then before I have ti scooped up off the couch, cradled against CJ’s chest in a way ainst his, and carried around the sofa and down the hallway

"Sorry about that," he mumbles into my hair His arm underneath my knees lifts me closer "I really don’t think he saw much, babe I had my arm around you and ? Jake wouldn’t get on you about it He’s a good guy He’s not a dick"

I openon that

M hands Awesome hands They cover a lot of surface And it wasn’t like I was laying on my back My boobs were pretty hidden

Okay Maybe this isn’t so terrible

We enter the bedroom, and CJ kicks the door closed behind us and lowers me to my feet He takes my face between his hands and looks atme

I know CJ is close with his brother And I’d hate for their reunion to start off on a sour note Besides, ? I can be okay with that