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“What is wrong with you?” she deh school fantasy? Taking Hot Lips Hotchkiss to Flat Top?”
He bristled “So what if I aia opened the door and bailed out
Da to say Tell followed her With clouds covering the stars, it was darker than norotten about the steep drop-off “Georgia? Be careful There’s a—”
“Ledge I know It’s not the first time I’ve been up here,” she retorted
“Then you’ll recall this tiives way easily”
“I’ me like one” She whirled around and crossed her arme to the reunion? Or was that part of the joke?”
“What joke? I’m confused”
“That ame is, but I’m tired of it Just take me home”
This woman ran hot and cold like no woonna tell me where these accusations came from”
“Fine This is our what? Fourth date? Let’s recap our dates For the first date, we played basketball and you took ers and fries before dragging me to an outdoor movie in the park The third date, I watched you throw darts at Ziggy’s Oh, we played a little grab-ass that night, but we had to stop, because ere in public Now tonight it’s flowers, dinner and a trip to lover’s lane—where no doubt we’ll hold hands and gaze adoringly into each other’s eyes What’s next, Tell? Pizza and video garope each other on the couch?”
“If you weren’t havin’ fun, you should’ve said so now!”
More pissed off than hurt, he loo ether in the last couple of days…has sucked?”
She threw her hands up in the air “I knew you’d take that the wrong way”
“How else am I supposed to take it?” he deestion that this is not working When you have dates with other women, what do you do?”
He tried to remember his last date An actual date Where he picked the woman up, took her to supper or to ati time
That’s when Tell realized all his encounters oardless if he met the chick in a bar, or at a rodeo, or at the poker table He’d flirt She’d flirt back Then they’d be naked, fking the night away In the o their separate ways
He didn’t want that with Georgia He wanted so…real “Honestly, I don’t even remember my last damn date, so maybe that’s why I’m a little rusty Why don’t you tellchin of hers caet est surge of jealousy “And because I haven’t tried to nail you the first e’ve been together, there’s so with you You’re sexy, you’ve got an incredible body and I’ve no doubt you know exactly how to use it You act like you want h, just the constant tease So can you understand why I’d be suspicious that this is a gao when you wantedto lead e your mind?”
His ht If any other woet naked and ith hiht But he’d held back with her Not just one night, but every tiether