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Shanna had changed into a push-up bra and a spaghetti-strap top, painted-on jeans, and ‘fuck‘fuck me’ red lipstick, too

Co about Shanna screamed ‘fuck me’

“Welllll, you two seely

“Thanks for… you know,” I said, gesturing at her outfit

“Aaaaah, you’re welcoht And you – ”

She clicked her fingers in front of Kevin’s nose

“ – eyes up here,” she barked, pointing to her face “You’ve got a girlfriend, so fucking act like it”

Kevin blushed furiously He looked atif our places were reversed and he’d caught uy

I could have gone postal on hi but a tiny pinprick of jealousy

It wasn’t even one tenth as intense as when Shanna had joked about sleeping with Derek

…which was kind of unsettling

I suppose I could have lashed out and ripped into Kevin as payback for all the times he had done it to me – but that would have been o

Besides, to paraphrase Derek: when Shanna put ‘the girls’ out there on display, it’s not like you could ignore them

“Have fun,” I told her

“Ohhh, I will,” she said, and added io by the 40 Watt – ”

“NO,” I said, surprising even myself with how quickly and insistently I’d said it

She pulled back a little and grinned, like Aha, see? We both know the score

“Don’t worry, I won’t,” she giggled “Ho’s before bro’s! Ovaries before bro-varies! See ya!”

And with that, she burst through the doors and into the stairwell

Which meant that Kevin and I were all alone

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I won’t go into the rest of the evening in detail We talked a lot It was pleasant

The only bad o to the 40 Watt?”

Panic

“Because… because the guys she picks up there are always dirt poor and want to crash here instead of their place”

Again, not technically a lie

If you took the first night she met Derek as your only example

Kevin got an alarlad you told her no, then”