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She runs her hands alongto see that they’re not broken “Ava,” I challenge, shaking my head

I cannot believe the lengths she will go to in order to avoid a siuy, for fuck’s sake Who gives a shit what he thinks?

“Thank you so , Brian!” she shouts over her shoulder “I’ll call you later!”

“Wait, is he okay?” thesuspicion that if Ava were even a little less hot than she is, he would have been gone a long-ass ti—”

“I’ently to the side and standing toout of her head as she silently calls me every name she can think of, but I have to stop this before I end up in an ambulance on the way to the ER to keep the viability of her story alive

Loafer Guy’s eyes narrow, but I’m a dude, and I kno dudes think If this shit is as bad as it obviously is for Ava to go to these lengths, he’d rather just kno

“Brian, right?” I ask, and he nods slowly, glancing between Ava and me in confusion

“Yeah How do you—”

I shakenore her

“It doesn’t matter What matters is that you’re best to just cut your losses, okay? Ava is not into you—”

“Luke!” she yells, embarrassed

“Well, you’re not, are you?”

Her eyes are actual daggers as she shakes her head

“But she’s too nice to tell people like it is So, I’et seasick on your boat”

“Luke!” Ava chastises again, and I shrug

Brian doesn’t look back as he turns and leaves

Ava, of course, is mortified