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I spun around to face him “I was just—”

“Snooping?” he asked in amusement

“Putting this in the fridge,” I argued, lifting the bowl a little for emphasis

“What’s that?”

“Just macaroni salad”

“You brought food?” he asked, his eyebrows rose in surprise

“Just a side dish,” I said as he strode toward rill”

My last as garbled as his lips pressed to istered as he took the bowl from my hands and placed it on the counter behind ht up in the feel of hiainst ly good pairing I slidinto the cheeks of roaned It felt like it had been years since I’d last touched him An eternity

We stood there in the kitchen having a PG-13 make-out session until Mack suddenly ripped his mouth from mine and took a full step backward

“What?” I asked dazedly, reaching for hiain

“Shower just shut off,” he replied, clearly frustrated as he slicked his hair back with his hands “Kara’ll be out in a minute”

“Then we still have aa step toward him

“I’ away He slid the heel of his hand down the erection tenting his jeans and my mouth watered

“We could hide,” I said hopefully

“She’s twelve, not six,” he said with a laugh “She’d know exactly ere up to”

“Oh, God,” Ie I’d run completely out of the house and nearly vomited when I’d realized what the noises were

“You’re lookin’ a little green,” he said, his lips twitching

“We need to be quiet,” I said seriously “Like, really quiet”

“What the fuck are you talkin’ about?” he asked, trying and failing to hold back his laughter “She’s gonna be out here in about thirty seconds We aren’t startin’ shit now”

“Ito panic a little Had we been too loud the other night? Is that why she’d fallen out of bed? I shuddered again

“What’s your deal?” he asked in confusion