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“Don’t do that,” she said, shaking her head a little “Nowill make you believe that you have to er”

“He did that,” I admitted, my voice nearly inaudible

“I know he did,” she replied, her eyes sad “I saw it And I wanted to say sos ith him that I didn’t want to make it harder for you”

“Why do I keep finding these guys? Why anet for men that don’t kno to stick it out?”

“None of those guys were right for you,” she said “Maybe you should stop looking”

I scoffed

“Maybe you should let the next one co the noise I’dfor it”

“Oh, what do you know?” I teased huskily “You’ve been in love with Leo since you hit puberty”

“Probably before that,” she said, rolling her eyes “But we didn’t get together until I’d stopped pursuing hiht time”

“It feels like I’uy made just for me,” I confessed “Everyone else has paired off, and I’ byhad dumped me”

“We’re twenty-three,” she said with a chuckle “You have so ive you babies and treat you like you’re the center of his universe”

“What if I never find him?”

“Then I guess you’ll just have to move in with hed “But you don’t get to bang hiood vibrator”

Our laughter shook the bed and I wheezed, trying to catch my breath

“Oh, ot to tell you”

“What?”

“I found a grey pubic hair”

“What?” I practically shouted

“Yep Just hanging out down there, like, what’s up, old lady?”

I choked and laughed harder

“I’les “But I’rows back in”

“Sixty year old carpet and twenty-three year old drapes,” I said, barely able to talk through my chuckles

“Oh, God,” she rasped, slapping the bed “Why the fuck didn’t anyone warn us?”