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I eyed the pair, conte my move And that’s when I noticed him on the other side of the couple To be accurate, that’s when I noticed hi me

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And then I squashed that thought because it would never matter There would never be a h to hiled up with the likes of hi hi me out, I quickly broke eye contact Heat crawled overat hi out between us with their distracting groans and pants, and I tried to pretend that this wasn’t aard That I wasn’t buzzing and unsteady on uy who looked like hilance It was iain

He didn’t quite slint of huaze flicked back to the couple and then to ain He was ae with hi idea about irl into hot biker boys

Seeing an opening, Icouple, I darted forward clu down at me as our bodies cah that we didn’t actually touch Thank God A few inches separated us, but that didn’t stopthat, yes, the top of my head barely cleared his shoulder He was seriously tall And if I wasn’t already drunk, standing this close to hilea disinterest--like I did every tiht be more than I could handle

If there was even the faintest doubt in uy in questionthen it wasn’t happening Period

I shuffled along quickly, resisting the urge to look back He was still watching led He was probably wondering what the hell a girl like et far, far away Or ot back to the table, I downed another drink "How er, you think?" I asked after a few ht you along if I’d known you were going to be such a nag"

"I didn’t knoere co the opportunity to search for Biker Boy I couldn’t resist He was back at the bar now, accepting a fresh longneck frouy beside him

"A place like this? Listen to you You’re such a princess, E body glitter that smelled like peaches It looked like Tinker Bell had du all over her head I finished my cup and reached for the almost empty pitcher to pour myself another My head felt comfortably insulated now, fuzzy and warm Even the band sounded better

The drurinned back at hiaze went to Biker Boy again As though he felt ain, cheeks burning Way to act disinterested, Erew hot all the way to uy checking me out It must be how totally out of ? You look funny Who do you keep checking out?"

"No one" I shookto

Annie looked around the roolance overYep She’d spotted hi at in this place? There weren’t ain, huh?"

"What?" I played dumb

"Oh C’ hi in here"

I shrugged and took another sip "Fine I noticed him But he’s not my type"

"Loser biker dude or not, he’s every wo between the sheets he is" She giggled and the sound grated onout" I took a long gulp "He’s probably in so"

She twisted in her chair to survey hih Could teach those college boys we’re used to a thing or two, huh?" She elbowed o"

"Aren’t you here for Noah?" I reminded her, annoyed at the level of interest in her voice Sootten just how free she ith herer, charms Even ht now" She wiggled her fingers in a little wave at Hot Biker Boy

"What are you doing?" I hissed, grabbing for her hand and ers this ti hi," I warned