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I nod before tucking“Thanks for the help, y’all I feel so much better”

“Oh, Sissy, we love you, you knoe do” Melody pullsto feel better soon, I just know it We’ll help any e can”

“Yes, ill” Aria throws her ar

I stiffen for a second—resent with the need to ive in and wrap one ar the back and forth in the fading light until Aria finally pulls away and says—

“I love you both dearly, but I’ anymore”

“Ew,” Melody says as she releases , Aria”

“So is hoeaty I am under this white button-down” Aria pulls at the front of her shirt “Maybe we should let the servers wear short sleeves from now on”

“No way,” I say, stepping in to slam the van’s back doors closed “Short sleeve button-downs are tacky looking”

“So are sweat patches,” Aria says “And servers who smell more onion-y than the appetizers”

“Mitch does get kind of stinky by the end of a shift,” Melody says thoughtfully, snatching the keys fro, “I’!”

“Shotgun!” I call,stuck in the middle for the ride back

“But Mitch refuses to wear real deodorant,” I continue, letting Aria into the passenger’s side of the van and cli in after “He wears that hippy rock crystal stuff froive him an intervention”

“I wouldn’tthe van out of our space “He’s kind of cute, don’t you think?”

“Gross, no” Aria ht thigh”

“So?” Melody asks “You’re skinny, and we still like you”

“Most of the tih from Melody and an elbow in the ribs from Aria