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He kissedit "God, I love being able to do that You should say yes o…be Wilder"

His eyes turned serious "Leah, we’re trying some new stuff today People fall A lot of people fall Unless you see everyone rushing the ramp, don’t let it bother you This is what I do, what I’ve done since I was old enough to swingover a Power Wheel Don’t let the fact that it’s a motorcycle worry you, okay?"

I sed "Okay"

He kissed me one last time and skipped down a few steps "Oh, and if at any ti or so

"What, are you two together now?" Zoe asked, her voice dripping with equal parts sarcas Paxton that I hadn’t even realized she’d been standing next to Bobby

"Yes," Paxton answered

"No," I responded at the sarinned and ran his hands over the hair that I’d thoroughly mussed "Well, I’m with her She hasn’t quite decided if she’s withpowers of persuasion"

"Oh ain I couldn’t rehed and felt…nor but didn’t take it away coress

He winked at me once and then disappeared beneath the stands I headed for the shade of the awning near the center front row I tuckedto find the correct answers for what Iup my 40 on a stupid physics course

"It won’t last, you know," Zoe said, taking the seat next to s out on the bar in front of us

I tappedmy options on how to handle this wench, and then went for it "How the hell do you know? And besides, I said eren’t together"

She lowered her sunglasses to roll her eyes at iven that he just publicly pawed you to mark his territory, it’s a matter of tiood as it’s going to get"

"Because it’s as good as you ever got?" I fired back, done with her intruding on everything

Her shoulders drooped, and all trace of bullshit cleared frooes after a new trick? He practices so hard that nothing else ets it"

"So? I think that drive is adirl to focus " Did you call him your boyfriend? For fuck’s sake, focus