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"So, Jack," I said, interrupting Milo’s aard starting, "Milo really loves video games"

"Really?" Jack’s face lit up, and I half expected him to throw Milo under his arot like everything, and I ot you covered" He started to hurry into the living roo hi? Why?"

"Cause its aweso questioned

"Finally, soratefully at me, and I looked away so I wouldn’t blush "You wouldn’t believe howto get hi, but it’s near impossible She was so relieved when he lad that I could help," I replied timidly I "Where is Mae?"

"Um, she’s out" Ezra’s normally open face closed up a bit, and it was a familiar expression that I’d seen written on Jack’s face every tiht to be home soon"

"I just wanted to make sure Milo meets her" I rubbed my arm, afraid that I had encroached on territory they’d rather I didn’t "I know he’d really like her"

"Everyone really likes Mae," Ezra grinned, and then I felt stupid Obviously everyone really liked her, so it was a silly thing to point it

"Oh, yeah, of course," I fuh, but it wasn’t as spectacular as Jack’s I doubted that anyone could ever h, not even someone as perfect as Ezra

"I a of Mae, and I longed to have so like that It was pure, unadulterated love Then, his expression changed as he thought of so "Peter’s upstairs, if you wanted to talk to him"

"Oh" I hadn’t really planned to talk to Peter, since he had this horrible way of si But Ezra had said it in a here I felt obligated to do it, and part of me really enjoyed the way Peter made me feel, even if it cao see hi to wait down here for Mae" Ezra stood by the door, watchinga bit like a lost puppy

I passed through the living rooame to notice me As I made my way up the stairs, I relared at me from over his book I hoped that this wouldn’t be a repeat of that, but since Ezra had sent me up here, I had to believe that it wasn’t

Peter’s bedroo around for hi flush went overhis hair with a white towel He wasn’t overly muscular, but his chest was defined and hard A thin trail of dark hair started just below his belly button and traveled doards, and my eyes had never been so tantalized by the prospect of what fell below the waist of his jeans

When he noticedat him, he tossed his towel on his bed and just looked back at h ined