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"I was just gonna take a shower"

"I need the cold shower more" He walked backwards toward the bathroom "Unless you wanted to join me"

"That would defeat the purpose of a cold shoouldn’t it?" I asked

"Maybe" He shrugged and pulled off his shirt, revealing the perfect hard contours of his chest and stomach

He disappeared into the bathroom I heard the water turn on a moment later, and he tossed his shorts out into the bedroo me to join him I probably would’ve, if it weren’t for Daisy in the roo roo in on Jack, and he laughed I looked over at the bed, and I knew I didn’t want to hang out in here with Daisy She still creepedeither, so I called Matilda as I left the roo roo on the couch with his feet propped up on an ottoman Blade Runner played on the TV, but he didn’t seeers laced behind his head and he stared off at nothing

"Are you okay?" I asked

"What?" Peter looked over at reat" He lowered his arhter so his feet were on the floor

"You seeed

Matilda jumped on the couch next to him, and he scratched her head I sat down at the opposite end of the couch, putting as ht you said you weren’t gonna think about it," I said

"Trying not to" He gave Matilda one final pat than dropped his hand He looked over at h where I had to look away "How have you been?"

"Good, I guess"

"Even with Jane’s murder?" Peter asked, and I shook ht?"

"Yeah, she was And they don’t knoho did it"

"I’m sorry to hear that," he said, and it really sounded like heso kind It added so to his already velvet voice that never failed to startle hed

After that, atched theI could feel Peter sitting next toI’m not exactly sure what I was afraid would happen, but I knew I didn’t want to risk it I’d already hurt both Peter and Jack enough

Jack bounded downstairs a little while later His hair was still dah it absently, sending little droplets sprinkling all over the roo back at the TV

"Fine," Peter and I both answered quickly