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"Ezra’s twenty… six, and Mae is like twenty-eight or so, and Peter is nineteen," Jack answered

"H, and I was so glad that I had never seen e?"

"I went for awhile, but I dropped out" Jack shrugged again "It just wasn’texactly?" I asked

As far as I could tell, working, school, having a relationship, doing anything that required any a What wasover at me with an expression that was almost proud of uring it out"

"You’re still young," Mo to pull his attention back to her "You have plenty of tireed, and when he looked back at her, she let out a moan of some kind, and that was it for h

"Well, we really should get going," I announced abruptly

"What?" Mo this stricken expression "Aren’t you staying for dinner?"

"I etting overly soothing, but I decided that whatever would get us out of here without a fight was fine by me "I already ate, and then I "

My s to keep hiuns I escaped into the hall while they finished saying their good-byes, but I could still hear the unusually sweet tone to s to him

Once Jack finally made it out to the hall and shut the door behind hi to shake off what I had just witnessed

"What?" Jack laughed, looking at od, that was so disgusting!"

"I thought that went very well, actually," Jack sh, she wanted to jued open and we stepped in Leaning back against the wall, I shook "

"It’s not ain and pushed the button for the lobby, and I kneas only half-teasing

"I don’t want you," I crossed ot quiet and thoughtful for the rest of the elevator ride, but I wasn’t sure if was because he was disappointed that I didn’t want hie the subject as the elevator doors opened into the lobby "So, your brother’s gay?"