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And then Becky popped out of the car Her cheeks were red and she smoothed her dress doith frenzied hands "Hey, I--um--" She looked over when the driver’s door creaked open She was right Rex was a lanky guy with crystal clear blue eyes As he strolled around the car in tapered jeans, a white tee shirt underneath a ripped flannel, and a leather strap necklace that fell to his crotch, he gave us a lazy grin A hand rose to push back some of his hair that fell over his eyes He brushed it back and then ruffled the rest of his hair Soht, flattened, and a few hed as she watched him

"Heya" He held his hand out to Mason "Rex"

Becky’s finger jerked up "No, she’s my friend"

He ave him a polite smile and shook his hand "Hi" His hand was soft and cla with it I didn’t want to know I shook my head Becky had landed a pretty boy stoner He had feht when she said his eyes were glazed over They still were

He flicked his hair back again and looked over to Becky "I thought you said your friend was a dude"

"I said her name was Sam"

"That’s a dude’s name" He looked at me and curled his lip up in a sain in ritted my teeth when I replied, "None taken, Rex Thursto"

"Oh" He laughed "Yeah, my mom named me after their hamster He died the day I was born She still has hih but covered it right away I felt hiroup I understood I really did

"So" Becky danced up to us She had her hands clasped together in front of her Her eyes flashed back and forth as if she atching a movie "What do you think, Sam? I’m so happy that you’re the first to meet him"

"Adam didn’tsouy" She sighed on a dreamy note

I looked at Rex to see his reaction, but his eyes were trained on Mason, as now lounging against a post as he waited for us Then Rex asked hiht ser at hiuy You’re awesome You took that bat to those mofos like Raht"

Mason walked over to us again "You’re with the stoners"