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I hold ht up and he turns the screen to face“Catherine—Cat—just quoted Girls Trip She’s your twin, Mills!”

I let out a jarring guffaw that makes hile thing to say to look less like a shrill ain, I ask la unusual?”

“Unusual? No She’s super funny” Now I’m torn between insult that he didn’t realize that I’ about me and doesn’t even know it Holy shit, this is both incredibly sweet and incredibly fucking stupid

I open my mouth to tell hioofy smile, and enuinely excited

“What should I say?” he asks

I shrug because I’e out loud I don’t really have to listen because I reread it about seven ti—not to mention I have a terrible poker face—so I busy ht?” he asks once he’s done

“You’re right, she sounds a a plate of pizza I watch him lift a slice, fold it in half, and take about a foot of it into his ry After he ss, he says, “I’ Feels proo on

“I’ve been thinking about what you said that night”—he takes a —“on the way to your place”

Oh Another nod

“I wonder ifit to my mouth “I ht all the ti each other I don’t know,too cos up”

I take a bite, and nod again

“Work has always beenthat there should beso to explain my hours and my time away, and just never sees “I think for the first ti I want both”

“There’s nothing wrong with that Youup, Peter Pan”

Reid smiles at me from across the counter “What about you?”

“Me?”

“Yeah I know you haven’t had the saet ahead of ourselves”

“I’hten and wipea cat today That’s a solid step into the commitment zone”

Reid reaches for another slice and I pick up ulp We eat in silence, and only the occasional sounds of Reid’s chewing andfill the silence Finally, Reid places each of his elbows on the counter “I hate when you’re upset withto be trapped together all weekend at ood with that?”

A weekend with Reid? SOS

“One, I’m not upset with you Two, you knoouldn’t s on a piece of hair that’s escaped my bun “Or someone’s birthday cake”