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He walked right pastI’d follow in his wake Mean, spiteful co to worue and out of my mouth, but I choked the an ass, it was my fault I owed hiht?

The girls giggled as he opened the doors to his Jeep Tweedledee juer side, leaving me behind Josh He reached in and lifted up his seat "After you"

"Josh, really, I just need a ot what I needed the ainst the back quarter of the Jeep "Really? I can think of a lot to do in a ain, I bet Riley wouldn’t like to knohat I’d be doing with you, would he?"

"That’s what I’ in me not to kiss him, to pull his face to mine and make him see If he’d been irresistible when I was determined to stay aould he be like now that I was ready to ju my ear, so much warmer than the air "Maybe I’ perfect Riley is, and how you’ve forgiven hiers across ive you five h alcohol in my system to hear it You want it? Get in"

Our eyes were locked in a silent, heated battle "Fine"

He gestured with his hand toward the open door "Your chariot awaits"

I sed the sarcastic reue, took the hand he offered, and cli the buckle just like he had the night I’d found Riley with Kayla I couldn’t fight offthe bare skin of his neck He jerked back with a hiss like I’d burned him His eyes flashed to mine for an instant before he shut my door

If I still had that kind of effect on hiear was stored in the back, he cli his reflection in the rearview ave myself time to soak him in His concentration on the road was fierce, but the way he worried his bottom lip between his teeth told me there was more on his mind than traffic God, I wanted to steal that lip away froht a few minutes away from campus, we locked eyes in theto turn me to ash Would it always be like this with hi told ht that one day we’d be complacent If we ever reached a "one day"

"Josh, which party are we headed to?" Tweedledee asked

"I figured we’d head to the house, if that’s okay with you ladies"

The girls squealed Sweetloud

"I’ll take that as a ‘yes’" He chuckled "Eain and stuck to the plan Noit "I want to be wherever you are"

I felt the girls both turn and stare at h to acknowledge the Period His breath left his chest in a ragged sound as the light turned green, and he broke our stare

Three minutes and a lifetime later, we pulled in front of the Kappa house It wasn’t as packed as it had been for the Snow Bash, but there was stillPeople scurried out of the way as Josh sped into his spot, threw the brake, and bolted fro their skirts to cover their asses as they hit the ground

"Walker!" his brothers called out froaave them a head nod and helped Tweedledee and Tweedledu lot from the sidewalk in front of the house I cliirl under each arm, he walked up the porch steps Another set of puck bunnies, this time of the brunette variety, met him at the door "Josh! We wanted to catch a ride with you!" one pouted, sliding her fingers up his chest

The urge to hurl nearly overpowered me Could they be any more pathetic? It seemed like the ot "Don’t worry girls" A cocky smile o around, and I’iving Tweedledee and Tweedledum a run for their money, and exasperation nearly choked ht?

Then I realized, this was the Josh Walker everyone else knew The one who scored the goals on the ice, and the girls off it This was the Josh I arned against, and here I was chasing after hied much

My feet hit the first steps and stopped asWho was I to call those girls pathetic? Sure, they had on less clothes than I did, but ere all there for the sa an ass, and I was being pathetic

"You co look on his face pushed