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"By ‘gave it to you,’ do you mean you raided my T-shirt drawer and stole the softest one?"

Nailed it "You can have it back," I said Ian is talking tointo et the reference?" he asked, punching his top pillow into shape His hair was in a horrible atte out the back He clearly hadn’t watched the How to Man-Bun Like a Boss tutorial I’d forwarded him

"Ian, I sat with you on Fleet Street and listened to the entire Nevermind albu Ian’s Nirvana period We’d gone on three different Nirvana-the a trip to Kurt Cobain’s red-vinyl childhood horeed to dress up as Courtney Love for Halloween even though it required wearing a tiara and no one kneho I was

"At least you knohat it ly onto his side He hesitated, then nudged at his phone, his voice slightly above a whisper "When are you going to tell Moain Now? When Mom, Archie, and Walt were all within earshot Not to mention that’s what the black eye had been about One of Ian’s tea about Cubby And instead of waiting until after the wedding ceremony, ould be alone, he’d shoved the phone in my face and whisper-de out was the worst thing that could happen Why didn’t he get that?

"Ian!" I hissed

He cut his eyes at Morowled inon Ian were only as good as the odds of hiot That is to say, not good

Tiht, Ian" I slid even farther under the covers, but I could still feel Ian’s glare on my back, sharp as needles A few minutes later I heard hi the air between us

Hoe going to survive a full week together?

The next , I awoke to what sounded like the brass section fro with our famously unexceptional dra her leg from the alarm clock and lamp cords "Damn hell spit," she muttered Or at least that’s what it sounded like sheintervention

I opened ht puddled under the curtains, and Archie and Walter and their extreuous about the state of their consciousness

"You both have your passports, right?"herself They stared at her with blank, sleep-coated expressions, and she sighed before swooping in on me in a cloud of nomes will knock on the door to wake you up" She pressed her cheek onto my forehead like she used to do when I was little and had a fever "Pros out with Ian You two are the best friends you’ll ever have"

Way to twist the dagger "Love you, Mo my eyes shut