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"Of a guy na his eyes as he waited on Rose’s response

"Well, no it’s," she staer watching her ue-tied ever "It’s just a saying You know ‘for the love of Pete’" She shook her head "Never uy, and I don’t have a boyfriend"

He ser now "Really? Why’s that?"

Mercifully Sal and Grace came around the corner, and Rose loved the up on me already?" Vincent teased "I told you I’d be cool"

"The food’s here," Sal said without set so his voice "You don’t wanna go back into that circus yet, do you?" Lowering his voice even le "Stay out here with entleness in his eyes "Yeah?"

Unable to even speak for fear her voice would be a squeak, she nodded, and he s back to Sal to inforrab soed to look away from Vincent’s profile just in ti theet a little space between the two of you? C’"

Vincent laughed, glancing back at Rose as sure her face was as red as it was hot "You’re kiddingheart ever grateful Maybe noouldn’t hear it

For once today Sal’s distrust in Vincent had coood looks obviously ran deep in this family, and Vincent was certainly no exception She’d never been so close to such piercing and incredibly sexy eyes But that was just it When she first laid eyes on hiuy like hi about him, yet the polo shirt he wore looked so out of place with his jeans, shoes, hair and just his entire character that she hadn’t been surprised when he mentioned he’d been forced to wear one of his dad’s shirts

What had come as a surprise hen he asked her if she wanted to check out the koi pond with hied to play it all cool like she wasn’t totally flattered and giddy about the invitation to hang out with him alone

When he’d flirted with her earlier, she was certain she’d i to uys at school had started doing ining anything and that he actually wanted to hang out with her alone longer, she wasn’t sure how muchwas one thing, but even though she’d done her share of flirting, she was in no way prepared to do so with a guy in Vincent’s league She knew his type; there were a few like hiuys that looked and acted years beyond their age One even drove a motorcycle Not in aa conversation with hi a deep breath, she reminded herself a senior had recently asked her to the prom A senior Okay, so he’d been her friend for years, and he couldn’t decide who to take without getting soirlfriends So he asked Rose who everyone kneas his platonic friend from one of her advanced classes that consistedto the prom with one of the ot a chance to tell Vincent about it, she didn’t have to mention that part

Vincent chuckled as Sal turned back and looked at hiht He shook his head and glanced back at Rose Since she didn’t really expect to be hanging with hi, she hadn’t been ready for their friendly banter to turn into a squir fest While his playful eyes toyed with her, her sto about her boyfriend--so

Before he could to beat that dru the subject "Sal seeotta be a story there Tell me about it"

That instantly wiped the sed "I may’ve run into so with a crowd that tends to," he pulled a leaf off the tree next to the porch and began tearing it in small pieces, "I don’t knowmake bad choices" He looked up from the leaf to look at her and smiled but not like before It wasn’t a coy sentle like when he’d asked her if she’d stay out here with him "I’ve never been like the with theht up in their trouble But they’re o way back I can’t just turnto convince soe their ways, be shtened suddenly "Consequently, onna talk tohired to work part tientle s his sain "If that happens, I’ll be out here all summer"