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I got up so fast I banged racefully sock-skidded my way to the door I yanked it open, bent down, and picked up the package
I hugged it to my chest and did a couple joyful jumps before I sensed I wasn't alone in the hallway I prolob of hand sanitizer that I kept danging froether I chased that with a dab of moisturizer because I wasn't a lunatic
"Souy who lived across the hall
I slowly turned, eh me like little jets of lava under my skin
I was still rubbing ether with a wet, e under my arm I even saw his eyes fall to my moisturizer and hand sanitizer I kept holstered at either side like some lame ass old western hero
"Just a book," I said
He nodded "Ger to my holstered bottles
"Soh it wasn't quite accurate But anted a sob story frorand your coffee asks how your day is going
He sood smile—kind but with a little hint of uy currently absorbing every single degree of weird I was radiating rode a motorcycle to work He always came up to his apartment with one of those padded leather jackets on and a hel at his side The jacket was a dark maroon color that onderfully ith his sandy blond hair and brown eyes
He was close to e, as far as I could tell Maybe a few years older or even pushing into his early thirties But a sane, rational wo to hi to think of some way to escape the conversation and the potential of catching feelings
Thankfully, I didn't need to worry tooI had the social skills of a wet paper bag and had never even asked him what his real nahbor to me
I twinkledinthe door, but even I knew that'd be painfully weird So I stood round and waited for him to make the next move
I only re when his eyes trailed down froain
"Are those Harry Potter slippers?" he asked
"Uh," I said, laughing a little "Technically they are Fred and George Weasley twin slippers My favorite characters The left one is Fred and" I trailed off You're doing the thing Maisey told you not to do You're letting your weird show No, you're yanking your weird out and waving it in his face right now "I got theht them online and couldn't wait for them to come