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My confusion only intensified, and by the tiroceries with Jackie the next day, I was completely dumbfounded She hadn’t said a word the entire way back to our place last night, hadn’t gotten up for ourAnd I cut breakfast with Ty short so I could be ho and kept taking the groceries I was trying to help put away out ofeverything away, she walked into her room and shut the door

I finished the rest of the homework I had for the weekend and decided to order pizza so she wouldn’t have to cook that night After hanging up the phone, I walked over to her room and knocked on the door

"Yeah?"

I turned the knob and pushed open the door, worrying when I saw her curled up in bed "You feeling okay, darlin’?"

She sighed and turned so she was facing e?"

"Uh--I ordered a pizza" It sounded more like a question, but I was so damn confused I didn’t knohat to say or do anymore

"Thanks, but I’m pretty sure I can fend for et in the kitchen every now and then"

Man, with that tone, she’d skipped snarky and gone straight California bitch on ht up and shea s here Did you want me to leave?"

"Cass, seriously? It’s Saturday"

"Yeah, I know"

"So? It’s htly and her whiskey eyes got even wider "I’ ht I had a date with someone other than her? I knew this wasn’t exactly a date, and she lived with hts with her She had to knoasn’t about to let soether, irl II felt about her I was pretty da her and I was there with a sirl, and everyone knew it even if I hadn’t told the about how I couldn’t stop looking at her, and she’d been right there "Darlin’," I said softly, "you are out of your daht"

Her face scrunched up and she looked so damn cute I had to force the corners of ht I was going on a date Everything froh today finally ood to know she’d been jealous "But last nightyou told everyone--" She stopped and tilted her head to the side "You don’t have a date?"

"Oh no, I do But apparently ht alone in bed than on the couch with uys because of our ht?" she asked softly

God, I was in love with this girl "Uh, yeah Now are you gonna come out there with me, or do I have to throw you over my shoulder, hold you down on the couch, and force you to watch aabout pinning her down on the couch

She failed ot out of the bed,her way toward me and the door When she passed me she paused and turned her head up to look back at e"