page28 (1/2)

“You’re lucky his parents didn’t press charges”

“They’re lucky I didn’t aim for his face,” I shot back “That douche deserved worse than getting the wind knocked out of him”

“You always looked out for e me with her toes

“Watch it,” I warned “I’ve got wet paint here”

“Are we having a paint fight?” Rebel asked in wonder

“No!” Me and Lil yelled at the sale

Thankfully, Kara had gone home with Molly and Reb, because I really didn’t want Mack to see reen paint What I’d thought would only take a couple of hours had turned into a massive project and I was exhausted

After showering off the funk and cleaning dried paint out from under and around my nails, I sat down on the couch with a cup of instant noodles and a beer I didn’t plan on ency of natural disaster-like proportions

When soroaned in frustration I didn’t have work or any family events for once Why couldn’t everyone just leave ht?

“Just a ain

I wasn’t wearing a bra, so I threw a hoodie on over h the peephole, I froze What the hell was Copper doing at my apartment?

“What are you doing here?” I asked flatly as I opened the door

“Co me a small smile “Don’t be like that”

“Seriously,” I said, standing round as he moved as if to come inside “Why are you here?”

“I thoughthis hands in his pockets

“You didn’t”

“Are you sure? I thought I ht’ve left ’em in the laundry”

“I’ve washed all the laundry,” I replied “No t-shirts”

“Did you check under the bed?” he asked, s

“No,” I said honestly “But you didn’t leave anything here”