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He sighed as he shook his head "You want me to stay here and wait for you?"

Guess nofor the door, I started to tell him yes, but that wasn’t what came out of randparents , but I’ll introduce you as my friend, and they’ll be pretty cool I think they were hippies back in the day"

His lips were doing that curling thing again "Why not your boyfriend?"

I stared at him "Because you’re not my boyfriend" That seeenuinely curious, and that made him more socially aard than me, and I kind of liked him for that "Yes, you’re olden eyebrow "I don’t knohy You’re moody, but you can be funny when you want Kind of dirty-h Sometimes even nice, and I knoe’ve only known each for a couple of days, but you saved my life earlier and I think…I think I know you just about as well as I knew Erin So, yeah, friends"

Seth stared at me for a"Get out of the car, Joe"

I got out of the car "Thanks, Sethie

He shot me a look that was full of a up at the front door, my heart leapt into my throat I took a deep breath "You sure I look okay?"

"Yes," he said

Then I dashed up the stairs, ignoring the aches and pains fro underthe screen door, I wasn’t surprised when I found the interior door unlocked The only kind of cri into the narrow foyer, I called out "Mo ninja, so it toshriek it had when I’d opened it

I started down the hall as randmother walked out fro with the daimons ceased to exist the moment I saw her Granny wasn’t that old, only in her late fifties, h her face eathered, her brown eyes were always so bright and full of life

"Honey, what are you doing here?" Wiping her hands on the front of her jeans, she charged forward and barreled into s were always fierce and squishy It hurt a little this tis She drew back, s her neck, she yelled, "Jimmy! Josie’s here!"

I winced at the pain inonto my hands as she looked overmy face heat, I turned to Seth "This is, um, this is Seth…" And I realized I had no idea what his last name was "He’s a friend"

"A friend?" Granny sent , and I wanted to throw ainst the wall She winked, and not at roan "Well, coet you two some sweet tea It’s fresh, just like you like, honey Jih the doctor told hietables and less sweets and meat because of his diabetes, but you kno he is I swear he’s eaten half of the apple pie since I took it out of the oven last night, so if you tant a slice, I suggest finding a shotgun and threatening his life with it Oh, and if you want, the coffee’s still warh the doorway Seth stopped besideas he lowered his chin, whispering in uess and say you take after your grandru room A vase of tulips, Mom’s favorite, sat in the htly behind me as we made our way into the eat-in kitchen, and like Granny had said, randfather was at the table, a slice of pie the size of my head in front of hirandfather had the , because there wasn’t even a streak of gray a solasses, he lowered the paper as his hazel eyes shifted from me to Seth "Who’s this?"

"Seth No last narabbing two lasses "He’s a friend

I opened randfather opened his first "Do you like pie, boy?"

Oh God, did he seriously just call Seth "boy" and ask hi as planned

There was soh from behind me "I love pie, sir"

His eyes narrowed on us as he sat back, folding his arirl "Good I don’t trust anyone in my house that don’t like pie"

Before this conversation could continue, I ju, but I need to see Mom Is she in her bedroom?"