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"Do we need to bring a gift?" she asked after she’d showered and found Trevor waiting for her downstairs in the living area She’d decided on a dress, so to be an evening event

He didn’t answer right away, and she took a moment to admire hi either workout pants or shorts, depending on the weather Tonight he had on dark jeans and a Henley His dark hair was getting a little long, and the ends brushed the collar Her fingers itched to wind their way into the thickness of his hair, to brush his hair back froht her focus back to his face, noticing he was staring at her

"What? Is there so? Too casual?"

"Uh, no That dress is perfect And, das"

She smiled at the compliment It wasn’t like she’d never heard that before She’d dated--casually--since college Had a few boyfriends, one serious relationship that she and the guy had ended one off in one direction and she in another, and she hadn’t been broken up about it

That had been a while ago--before things with her dad had gotten bad and she’d put all her energy and tiht about men a lot in the past year and a half

Now?

Well, now there was Trevor, and she sure as hell wasn’t going to have a relationship with him, but she definitely enjoyed the way he looked at her Probably because he’d never even noticed her in college

He was noticing her now, and she liked it There was nothing wrong with that, right?

"Thank you"

"And, no Alicia said no gifts It’s just a party, a little get-together for each of theht and they want to show it off, just relax a little before the big day At least that’s the way Alicia described it"

Haven nodded "Sounds fun"

"Great Let’s go"