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I accelerated past him fast

“Is that guy doing what I think he’s doing?” I asked fearfully as he disappeared in my rearview mirror

“If you ’s cool,” Derek reassured me

“You know that guy?!”

“Yeah, of course I get my weed from him”

“You smoke marijuana?!” I asked, a little too loudly

“Occasionally,” he said, amused at my puritanical horror

Shanna perked up “You can get weed?”

Derek turned around to look in the backseat “If you ever need any, don’t you coet it for you”

“I need some weed,” she said enthusiastically

“Kaitlyn, could you circle back and – ”

“WE ARE NOT DOING A FUCKING DRUG DEAL IN MY CAR,” I shouted at the top of s

“Say it a little louder, I don’t think the cops heard you,” Derek joked

“Chill out, bitch,” Shanna said

“You are not getting any hile I am anywhere near the vicinity, is that understood?” I snapped

“What did I tell you? Diarinned

“Double amen,” Shanna sulked

“This is it,” Derek said, pointing “The one with the Pinto in the driveway”

I pulled up behind the ugly-ass, rusted-out Ford and let the engine idle The house was a shale, an overgron, and a couple ofpanes busted out and taped up with cardboard

Ohit aloud

Derek looked atback up at my eyes “Well…”

“…well…” I said softly, lost in his gaze

“Wooooo-oooooo,” Shanna hooted from the backseat, exactly like a five-year-old who’d seen an exposed nipple on HBO

I shot her an irritated look

She just laughed “How’s it feel to be cock-blocked, huh?”

“You’re not cock-blocking, because we’re on a Disney date,” Derek teased “There’s no cock to block – right, Kaitlyn?”

I blushed furiously and didn’t say anything

He just grinned “I’d invite you ladies in to see how the other half lives, but I’ood night”

He opened the car door –