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I cover h the door

“What in the fuck do you two think you’re doing?” he says in a seriously hot dad voice that et a look at his face

Unfortunately, that also et a load of the scene he’s pulled ether ona joint back and forth

Ryan’s deh harder

“Ry, th of his body from his spot on the bed to the two of us “Want a toke?”

I suck antuan effort not to laugh We’re living inside a fucking circus, it’s true, but the look on Ryan’s face while being propositioned to do drugs by his father is almost too much to take

Like, I legitiht explode if I don’t take control

“Sal,” I venture carefully “I don’t think Ryan wants any of your weed” Sal shrugs, and I lickand winks at me “What he wants—e both want,” I qualify, “is for the two of you to start acting like adults and use your brains a little bit I’e your desire to smoke pot recreationally, but for the love of God, could you not do it inside the house? In bed? There’s, like, five feet of space between these lando to burn this whole freaking neighborhood to the ground”

Stella laughs again and takes a pull off the joint—which to be honest, looks a little too expertly rolled—held tightly between her thuh a sharp inhale, words leaving her lips but s a little party”

“Put it out or take it outside,” I reply as sternly as I can e “Those are the options”

“No,” Ryan interjects “Those aren’t the options Not tonight Tonight, you’re going to put that fucking thing out and go to sleep, right where you are so the two of you don’t end up fucking falling again and getting h like this when you were taking down Stella’s decorations? It would certainlysense”

But Ryan doesn’t give either one of them time to explain He steps forward and takes the joint out of its place in Stella’s hand and stubs it into an ashtray on her nightstand