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"I’ pretty early, too"

My hands cup her face, buried in her hair My thumbs brush her jaw, back and forth, then over her botto lashes

Deceptively sweet diht I dragged her onto the porch, nothing like that girl running her sassy lad I kicked her ass out, because now this ass is ainst the palht It’s my drea my damnedest to sound sexy

It has the opposite effect

Sounds so fucking du

And not that cute, flirty little laugh I love so much--no, it’s the loud, obnoxious one that ue down her throat

"I can’t" She gasps "I’od, it’s so cheesy I can’t breathe" She wheezes in the cold, white puffs stea out her mouth

"Okay, that didn’t come out the way it sounded in my head"

"That was terrible Don’t quit your day job"

"Would you stop laughing?" I frown "I’ to be serious for a second"

"I know, I know, but come on…"

I shut her up the only way I can: pull her in until our lips ue is inside my mouth

It’s cold, but she’s war out like I’her flush, our jacketsto start coirlfriend

"Yes" She’s breathless, raised on her tiptoes, kissing oing to knock your jock off"

I don’t tell her she already has

EIGHTH FRIDAY

FIRST FRIDAY OF WINTER BREAK

"The Friday Where I Try to Get Her in a Swi this sex thing a lot of thought Like…a LOT a lot of thought

My heart races at the sight of his naes e, hunkering down deeper intooutside, winter in full force, the seven inches of snow that du a chill to the house My father insists on keeping the house cool, so I’ht of Roar

Me: That’s the LEAST shocking thing I’ve heard you say since ht, and it dawned onyou

Rowdy: [GIF attachh the desert]

Rowdy: Get it? That was my sex camel reference

Me: [GIF attachot that, loud and clear, you goof…

Me: What are you doing right now?

Rowdy: Plotting

Me: Plotting what?

Rowdy: In due ti e you to thank you for the present It was so sweet of you to send ot ift

Rowdy: I went to the beach and picked theht I was nuts

Me: lol Why?

Rowdy: I haven’t been shell seeking since I was five, that’s why And here I a over every two feet to pick shells up off the ground Had to get there early to beat all the competition

Rowdy: And the beach is an hour drive

Me: Oh stop, it is not