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My gaze dips down to take her in, and I nod my head at the Slip ’N Slide in the yard "Where’s your bikini?"

She rolls her eyes "Oh please I believe in leaving soination I’ination when you’ve got h The girl is so tiny she doesn’t have a hope of lares at me, but her full lips are tipped up at the corners

I nod at the T-shirt and shorts she’s wearing and say, "You’re wearing one underneath there, aren’t you?"

She looks like she wants to shove ain, but she doesn’t Instead she huffs and says, "Fine Yes, I am But I’m only mildly desperate Like a tiny, tiny auys at this party with very little effort, don’t you?"

"But the effort is the fun part!"

She says it with a smile, but I think she’s dead serious When you live a hard life, you spend years wishing for the easy stuff, but then when you get it, it never feels right You get used to having to fight and claw for the things you want, and when you don’t have to do that any feels a little bit muted

At least that’s how shit usually feels for ?"

The glare she turns on e of so We’re friends"

"Riiight"

"Don’t Rightabout relationships"

That’s twice today I’ve had that tidbit waved in front of ht

"I know fk buddies when I see the her volu under her breath, "We’re not that"

"Yet"

"I’ to wrap ot tetanus and was incapable of relaxing my muscles"

"I had no idea you were into erotic asphyxiation, Santos"

She shoots back, "I had no idea you knehat asphyxiation ainst the railing A slow s of erotichere coroup of people streaer and Stella’s not-quite-boyfriend

Stella says, "We’re not" then trails off, a blush for her shoulder with his Behind him is McClain, his arm draped over Dallas’s shoulder as her eyes flick between rin, but her eyes only narrow in response

"You showed," I say to McClain when he walks over