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"Sneaking around?" Weston said with a sweet grin "Fine" He picked up his phone

"What are you doing?" I asked while he tapped out a rabbed his phone and held it away fros worse?"

"No But you telling irl I don’t even like anymorethat’s an easy fix"

"Why would you stay with soed "Sohing "She’s not You sound like a huge assle right now"

"Do we have to talk about this?"

"No, you can just takeme "My parents have been married for twenty years, and they don’t really like each other" He paused, and when he realized I wasn’t satisfied, he continued, "I liked her at first, but I never liked the way she treated people You, in particular When I talked to her about you, she just seeht about breaking it off with her, the dra"

"Five years is a long ti to wait until you leave for college?"

"That was the plan, but now I kind of want to do it sooner" He leaned towardtoyou do anything," I said, handing hilanced at the television "It’s paused"

"Oh, yeah," he said with a s with screa in the air Weston settled back into the cushions again, and I did the same

He looked down at his phone, still in his hand "What’s your number, anyway?"

"I don’t have a cell phone"

"Landline?"

"Nope"

Weston frowned, but kept his eyes on the television screen "Do you like hanging out with ht "Yes?"

"Not because you don’t have anyone else to hang out with?"

"I have other people to hang out with"

"Frankie?"

"Yes"

"What if I wasn’t with Alder? Would you?" He stared at the TV

"Would I what?"

"Let me kiss you?"

"I don’t know Maybe I’m not sure you’d enjoy it"

He turned to me "What makes you say that?"