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With nothing else productive left to do, she slid into the double-size bed The sheets were like ice and so she swished her fuzzy-socked feet back and forth to war his attention

“Cold?” he queried

“Freezing”

“Go ahead and warm my side, too”

“Fat chance,” she said, cracking a smile

“I alondered what you andall those sleepovers Should I expect to get ht?”

E thestored for too many years “Guys have weird fantasies about that, but to tell the truth, most of the time atched a movie or worked on class projects”

“Ah, I forgot what little nerds you were,” he teased

“Little nerds grow up to be successful wo her nose in the air and giving a sniff

“Indeed you did,” he said “I’ll try not to wake you when I slip into bed I know it feels weird, but you’re right If I tried to sleep in this chair, I’d freeze once the fire died We’re big people We can handle this, right?”

Maybe When said out loud it ood deal of sense Body heat and all that, but the reality of the situation was they’d been flirting with each other all night And though she had worn her bra under her jammies and he would no doubt still be dressed in some manner, they would be more intimate than they’d ever been

And with the torch she’d always carried for hinited, it wouldn’t take ht She was prihter

“We can handle this Good night, Erik”