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"Where are you froht I detected the barest southern lilt to his voice

"Let uess Football?" Bred in the South It seems a certainty I cross my arms and assess him with an air of dra hi all the way up to my ears as I skim his broad shoulders The cotton T-shirt looks so soft It rests across his chest, hugging the flat lines of his torso I reainst that chest The power of his ar him, I jerk my attention back to his face I’irl’s chest

He sain "No No football"

I angle ht so He’s so strong and in couy ould lead his tea Then it dawns on et it You were the army brat Bet you rebelled"

The idea of this is kind of hot I picture hi some Goody Two-shoes (who rese out of the school parking lot I glance away, afraid ht red now at the totally ridiculous fantasy

"Am I that predictable?"

I feel ht?"

"Hey It wasn’t cool ed schools twice So Yeah I ht have made a beeline for the kids who looked h in their parents’ basement I had a nose for theirls," I say before I can catch the words

He stares at me for a while "Well, I ild They were the only ones I could get"

This I doubt All he needed to do was flash that grin, and any girl would have followed hiht about that I would have known better The Davy Ha froirl hopped on the back of his bike and took off to make out in some basement

This Davy Haht slides throughto life in my belly

"Guess we’re all bad here," I say, unable to look away froht as he watchesLike he can read my mind